Max Kramer

Anthropologist - Filmmaker

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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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Submit your work for the fifth edition of Dastavezi.
We welcome films, essays, and photo/audio essays on South Asia-related topics. Deadline: March 15, 2023
https://t.co/IQxItDTivg

[DOAJ @DOAJplus]

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"In the context of political violence, in the context of the abuse of state power, in the context of so much silent suffering, there is dignity in being able to tell your story."

Watch Lanka — The Other Side of War and Peace by Iffat Fatima, here: https://t.co/gSVlOOfNCh

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*Call for Submission*
#Dastavezi is looking for your entries on audio-visual South Asia. Confirm now and submit until March 15, 2023 at [email protected] Guidelines: https://t.co/icvCpwjC3Q

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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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In her photo essay @malli_ruth argues that the camera, as an allegedly neutral tool in the hands of the subaltern, cannot neutralize the neocolonial frames informing the very foundation of many allegedly participatory projects.

Read here:
https://t.co/NESHGxzeBK

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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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The 4th issue of Dastavezi is FINALLY live!! https://t.co/Q95mtJYMBO

We are immensely proud to feature contributions from: @britta_ohm
@malli_ruth
@tribalgulabo
@vindib_
@JSchaflechner
@makramer860
Iffat Fatima

Thanks also to editors
@Shesmercury
@abirbazaz
Antony Pattathu

[Max Kramer @makramer860]

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Call for Papers: The Limits of Visibility among South Asian Religious Minorities

https://t.co/u5Q9xEBVe9

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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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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:

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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

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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