2nd International Karbi Winter Workshop 2024

Funded by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) and organised by the Centre for Karbi Studies (CKS) and the Department of Estonian and Comparative Folklore, University of Tartu, in collaboration with the Centre for Oriental Studies, (University of Tartu) the 2nd International Karbi Winter Workshop 2024 will be held in Diphu, Karbi Anglong, Assam, India. The event will take place on the 16th and 17th of January 2024. The topic of this year’s workshop is “Place in Stories, Stories in Place: Narrating Landscapes in (Indigenous) Oral Traditions”. 

This set of talks and presentations aims to bring students and scholars into the dense belief-environment of Diphu, Karbi Anglong. This winter workshop will focus on the centrality of place. Place as a critical concept has the capability to generate multiple narratives, not all of which have an equal status. Storied places assume relevance in context of local histories and religious contexts. 

Plenary speakers for the event are Mayako Murai from the Kanagawa University who will speak about a reorientation of the “animal tales” category from the point of view of multi– species relationships. Maggie Katharpi from Diphu Government College will speak about Karbi beliefs and narratives pertaining to the folklore of water. The Director of the Center for Karbi Studies, Dharamsing Teron will deliver the opening lecture where he will discuss historical misrepresentations of Karbis in colonial and other documents. A highlight of this Workshop includes a roundtable discussion on the viability of the folkloristic perspective on an “indigenous (religious) research method". 

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