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And the beginning of the end starts! Join us for the valedictory at @sju_english82's #WritingWorldsWorldsWriting #NewTextualities2023

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She assuages concerns about AI, "At the end of the day, it analyzes and replicates stuff.", reiterating that we have the power to be original.

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Sreejita Biswas talks about online lives at at @sju_english82's
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Reminisce about the bittersweet internet of the 2000s with her!

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"In collectivistic societies, an individual's selfhood largely comes from society. When the collective is lost, that is when the trauma is felt." she says.

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Catch Preetha Vasan talk about Trauma and the Graphic: A Study of Vanni and Munnu as Testimonials of Violence at @sju_english82's
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Join #WritingWorldsWorldsWriting #NewTextualities2023's plenary session for the last day. Starting now!
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Professor Vijeta discusses the different ways the language of caste is expressed in films through scenes from Natchathiram Nagargiradhu (2022) and Kumbalangi Nights (2019) at #WritingWorldsWorldsWriting #NewTextualities2023
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In conversation about caste, the audience watches a scene from Kumbalangi Nights, a 2019 Indian -Malyalam film. "Everything that is the language of caste is depicted in it." says Professor Vijeta at #WritingWorldsWorldsWriting #NewTextualities2023
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"Caste is one of the most functional things in the country. It's doing exactly what it's supposed to - making sure people do not mix so it is not dysfunctional."

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Professor Vijeta Kumar begins the final workshop of the conference, Recasting Film: Responding to Caste in Popular Cinema at #WritingWorldsWorldsWriting
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Y’ALL CAN READ A 120K WORD FIC BUT NOT THE TAGS AT THE TOP? (lh)

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She reiterates that you don't have to know a work and its history to be able to understand and enjoy fanfiction.

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Cynthia Nirmala Rajah's workshop titled Finding, Fighting and Friending: Foraging Beyond Fiction beginning now at #WritingWorldsWorldsWriting
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She notes that "Nobody analyzes the original text more than fanfiction writers do." They challenge the centre, challenge the canon and that is where fanfiction comes from.

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Gautham Shenoy and Vinayak Varma at #WritingWorldsWorldsWriting #NewTextualitues2023 answer a question by replying, "Dystopias come from a place of hope."

Catch the rest of the panel discussion about South Asian speculative fiction!

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Lavanya Lakshminarayan on whether she would like to be called a speculative fiction writer: "I personally don't see genre as hard definitive lines. Everything is fluid. Genre defining forces works to conform to certain specifications."

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Lavanya Lakshminarayan puts forth the idea of speculative fiction as a space where reality is bent out of shape at #WritingWorldsWorldsWriting
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Lakshminarayan's book titled Analog/Virtual: And Other Simulations of Your Future is set in a futuristic Bangalore which is run as a meritocracy.