Events
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).
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