Erin Kelso

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Incredibly proud to announce the publication of Dastavezi's 5th edition: https://t.co/38QBkNHavi

Thank you to our contributors,

Fritzi-Marie Titzmann
Fahad Naveed
Justus Weiss
Pramiti Negi
Hanna Werner
Arshi Javaid
Elizaveta Ilves

for their amazing essays, photos, and films!

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In her photoessay, @vindib_ explores the photo studio as a site of the collective production of desire, reflecting on the enduring entanglements of war and everyday image-making practices in postwar Sri Lanka.

Find the photo essay here: https://t.co/RhXY83xesd

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Thirty years after shooting Darshan, their student documentary on cinema and media change in India, @britta_ohm @andreahorakh and Rita Panesar's film comes back to life as Dastavezi’s newest from the archives, digitalized and subtitled.

Read/watch here:
https://t.co/jmnRX846m0

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Dastavezi is excited to feature an audio clip for the first time ever!

@tribalgulabo produces sonic intensities through a symbiosis of rhythms, lyrical elements, and bodily practices affecting both performer and audience.

Listen & read further at: https://t.co/8oSFQ7iygl

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"I set out making a semi-experimental, spooky ode to the Kashmiri Pandit experience, in 6 minutes."

@AdityaTweeting on his short #film Kaifiyat, found here: https://t.co/w6ig4c4lZD

From the Dastavezi Archives

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"Campus Rising (CR) is my first film with political content—that is, showing a struggle of the students against ruling powers for their rights."

@saeedyousuf on his #documentary #film, found here: https://t.co/B2mynNK1KV

From the Dastevezi Archives

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“Ghungroo is the depiction of struggle and success derived from the freedom of a gender-fluid identity, using dance as a subversive medium with the power to explore the boundaries of power and patronage.“

--@alirizvi0110 on his #documentary film: https://t.co/TgUQbKQWTM

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"As Pakistanis, as Muslims, the journey of making this film … whilst simultaneously experiencing the sensory overload of Sehwan itself, was transformative."

–Aliya Iqbal-Naqvi & Hasan Ali Khan on their #documentary film Shahbaz Qalandar, here: https://t.co/XUqSQchfeW

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Call for films! Funky space cat wants YOU to submit your #Film on #SouthAsia + accompanying text to Dastavezi for publication. Guidelines here: https://t.co/HMjdjQWTvb
#callforpapers #callforartists
@SouthAsiaAU @UniHD_SAS @UChicago_SAsia @SAsiaLSE @SOAS_SAI @uwsoasia

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@DrRekha99 Beautiful!!

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Ten years after the release of Sufis Entangled, filmmakers @SarahEwald6 @makramer860 and Eliane Ettmüller reflect on their creative process in Dastavezi. Check out both film and text: https://t.co/bfWHoXfjmI

#Sufism #India #Kashmir #entanglement #newmaterialities

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Shout out to @ShafeeqVly for the thought-provoking reflection on photos long-forgotten. Read his essay on stale images here: https://t.co/VD5oolqfwF
#migration #photography #Kerala #ArabGulf #distraction

Link:

[Erin Kelso @e_Kelso]

@DrRekha99 Snow!! Where were you?

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@DrRekha99 Hang in there! Things will get better 🙏

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@DrRekha99 Well said 👏👏 we need to stop attributing abuse of women to man's so-called "natural" urges. This is a problem present to some degree in almost every culture

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In our latest issue, @abirbazaz explores Kashmiri Sufism and cultural memory in Paradise on a River of Hell. Check out the full film and @makramer860 's interview with the filmmaker: https://t.co/2Ey8leABXI

#Kashmir #culturalmemory #Sufism

[Erin Kelso @e_Kelso]

@DrRekha99 lovely!! congratulations

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Proud to showcase a masterful short film by @sadiashepard exploring gender and female empowerment in the Pakistani women's cricket scene
#gender #femaleempowerment #Pakistan #women

Watch here:
https://t.co/Lv11kg3ccH

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The new issue is out!! https://t.co/htj6ckve1X
Featuring articles from:
@abirbazaz
@sadiashepard
@ShafeeqVly
@LariosBor
@SarahEwald6
@makramer860
@JSchaflechner
A big thanks to all the contributors who make Dastavezi possible.

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Calling all photographers, filmmakers and academics working on #SouthAsia! #Dastavezi is looking for your submissions to [email protected] connecting academic texts and audio-visual material in creative ways. Guidelines here: https://t.co/HMjdjQWTvb