The Next Monsoon
The Next Monsoon examines how art and culture can help us navigate the uncertain future. From Cornell University’s South Asia Program, hosts Daniel Bass and Shavin Seneviratne look at contemporary cultural responses to climate change through visual arts, cinema, literature, architecture, and more in conversations with humanities scholars and practitioners. We investigate historical and contemporary works to understand our ever-changing relationship with the climate. Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram or by visiting our website https://bit.ly/SAPCornell
Episodes
We’re navigating matters of research ethics and activism in Pakistan’s Indus River Basin. Ahsan Kamal, a lecturer at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies at the Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, discusses riverine communities and balancing academic and activism in practice.
You can learn more about Ahsan Kamal’s research and publications at: https://qau.academia.edu/AhsanKamal
We’re headed to the frontier, examining borders, development, and climate change in the Sundarbans in Bangladesh. Anthropologist Jason Cons, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses climate frontiers, sensitive spaces, chokepoints, and the imaginary futures of Bangladesh’s deltas.
You can learn more about Jason Con’s research and publications at: http://www.jasoncons.net/
The intersection of art and architecture nurtures creative possibilities, specifically ones that reimagine our relationship with the environment. Architect and urbanist, Rupali Gupte, co-founder and professor at the School of Environment and Architecture (SEA), Mumbai, and partner at Bard Studio shares her experience of having her foot in both creative pools, from creating pieces for art summits to making architectural inventions.
We examine how artworks and the work of art facilitate collaboration in response to social and climate crises, especially among agrarian communities. Art historian Sonal Khullar, the W. Norman Brown Associate Professor of the South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, shares stories about unconventional performances, historiography of art, and feminist theory in advocating for marginalized voices.
We’re looking at the tea plantation industry and how climate change perpetuates a cycle of exploitation. Cultural anthropologist Sarah Besky, an Associate Professor in the School of Industrial Labor Relations at Cornell University, discusses pressing issues of labor inequality, changing consumer patterns, misleading advertising, settlement laws, and what it means to orient one’s life ...
In our first episode, we address the importance of art in South Asia and how it can be a tool to project new understanding on climate change and its crisis. Artist and art historian, Iftikhar Dadi, John H. Burris Professor of History of Art and Director of the South Asia Program at Cornell University, discusses how art intersects social, political, and environmental matters.
Subscribe now! Don’t miss the first episode, premiering Wednesday April 5, and the entire first season, featuring Iftikhar Dadi, Sonal Khullar, Sarah Besky, Rupali Gupte, and more.
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