Scientific presentations

Research Updates

2022, April 27th

MOSS Seminar

Gender asymmetry in the transmission of Odissi dance in India - A Case Study, presentation by Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).

Held at Institut Français de Pondichéry (IFP), India.

2024, June 12th

Rencontre avec Trevor Marchand

Presentation by Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).

Held at Laboratoire ACTé,  Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), France.

Conferences, Seminars, Congresses

Panel organisation

2023, June 7th to 10th

SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore) 16th Congress
LIVING UNCERTAINTY

Co-organisation of the panel Documenting performance based cultural heritage in times of crisis by Monica Mottin, Heidelberg University, Germany, and Barbara Čurda, UCA, France, & IFP, India.

Held at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czeck Republic.

2023, July 26th to 29th

ECSAS, the 27th European Conference on South Asian Studies

Co-organisation of the panel Transmitting know-how in a shifting world – the case of contemporary India by Delphine Thivet (IFP, India), Nicolas Bautès (Université de Caen, France), Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India) .

Held at Campus Luigi Einaudi, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.

Presentations

2022, July 26th to 29th

17th EASA Biennial Conference
Transformation, Hope and the Commons

Virtual and physical ways of being present in Odissi dance networks in Bhubaneswar in India, presentation for the panel P111a, Being there, but how? On the transformation of presences, by Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).

Held at Queens University, Belfast, United Kingdom.

 

2023, February 16th & 17th

Workshop Embodied, Emotional and Sensorial Knowledge: Perspectives from Asia

Sensory modalities in the transmission of Odissi dance in the city of Bhubaneswar in the early 2020ies, presentation by Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).

Held at National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.

 

2023, May 30th

CSH Workshop

Interrogating the social dynamics of dance practices, presentation by Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India), CHS (Centre de Sciences Humaines).

Held at Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), New Delhi, India.

2023, June 7th to 10th

SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore) 16th Congress
LIVING UNCERTAINTY

Documenting performance : let’s pay attention to the staging of the dance, presentation by Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).

Held at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czeck Republic.

2023, July 26th to 29th

ECSAS, the 27th European Conference on South Asian Studies

  • Panel Introduction by Nicolas Bautès (Université de Caen, France), Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India), Delphine Thivet (IFP, India).
  • "Back to the ancestors?" Changing farming practices in India in times of multiple crises, presentation by Delphine Thivet (IFP, India).
  • The production of the know-how of Odissi dance in urban Odisha in the 2020ies – reconfigurations and stakes, presentation by Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).
Held at Campus Luigi Einaudi, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.

2023, November 15th to 19th

AAA/ CASCA Annual Meeting
TRANSITIONS

Corporeal practice in urban transitions, presentation by Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).

Held at Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada.

2024, February 26th

Seminar Anthropologie historique des arts nomades (EHESS, CESAH, CNRS)

Adaptation(s), renouvellement(s), transformation(s) ? Enjeux actuels des pratiques de la danse Odissi, dite "classique indienne", dans l’État indien d’Odisha, presentation by Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).

Online.

  Outreach Event

2023, June 13th

Les Rencontres de l'IFP

(a collaboration of Alliance Française de Pondichéry and the IFP, Pondichéry)

Examining dance practices from a social sciences perspective – the example of a research on Odissi (Barbara Čurda, UCA, France, & IFP, India).

Held at Alliance Française de Pondichéry, Pondicherry, India.

Event organisation

Participation in an international event

2022, November 28th to December 02nd

Social Sciences Winter School in South Asia 2022 (SSWS 2022)
Rethinking Inequalities

  • Participation in the organisation of SSWS 2022 by Barbara Čurda (as member of organising committee).
  • Co-conception and implementation of Workshop 3 – Interrogating and Narrating Inequalities – Youth Anxieties and Aspirations in India Today, by Aarti Kawlra (AIIS & HAB, Netherlands), Anandhi S. (MIDS, Chennai), Kalaiyarasan A. (MIDS, Chennai), Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).


An event co-organised by the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP), Pondicherry University (PU), Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), the Centre for South Asian Studies (CEIAS), the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), and held at UMISARC (Unesco Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation), Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India.

Workshops organised by GATRODI

2023, February 21st & 22nd

Transmitting know-how in a shifting world – Perspectives from the Social Sciences

Organised by GATRODI (co-conveners Nicolas Bautès, University of Caen, France, & Barbara Čurda, UCA, France, & IFP, India) at the IFP, India.

2023, March 21st to 23rd

Workshop Writing Without Fear

Co-organised by Aarti Kawlra (IIAS, Netherlands), Balasubramanian Dandapani (IFP, India), Barbara Čurda (project GATRODI, UCA, France, & IFP, India), at the IFP, India.

2023, June 14th

Gender - present dynamics in India

Organised by GATRODI (co-conveners Barbara Čurda, UCA, France, & IFP, Roja Lakshmi, IFP) at the IFP, India.

2023, June 28th

Gender - the question of women's empowerment

Organised by GATRODI (Barbara Čurda, UCA, France, & IFP, India) at the IFP, India.

 

Secondment

2023 (Fall)

ISEK, UZH, Zürich (Switzerland)

Barbara Čurda was academic guest at the Professorial Chair of Prof. Dr. Johannes Quack, ISEK (Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies) UZH (University of Zürich), Switzerland.

MSCA Embassador

2022, April 11th

Monday Colloquium

My experience of Marie Curie fellowships, a presentation by Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).

Held at Institut Français de Pondichéry (IFP), India.

2022, May 5th

3ème Journée des Appels à Projets en SHS

Participation with video clip comprising a testimonial by  Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).

Held at Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), France.

2023, November 28th

Brown bag Presentation: Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Actions

My experience of Marie Curie fellowships, a presentation by Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).

Held at ISEK, University of Zürich (UZH), Switzerland.

2024, February 12th

SP51-How to fund your research project

Testimonial by Barbara Čurda (UCA, France, & IFP, India).

Organized by the Cellule Europe and held at Maison de l'Innovation, Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), France.

GATRODI - Gender asymmetry in the transmission of Odissi dance in India - a case study