Living Lightly: Journeys with Pastoralists

Venue: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi - 110011

‘Living Lightly’ is a curated, multi media exhibition on the land, lives and livelihoods of the pastoralists from across the country. The 17 day traveling exhibition will capture the lives of Indian pastoralists - their remarkable history of mobility, the eco-systems which nurture their life-world, their culture, science, art, spiritual moorings and the economics of herding. It is being organized with the intent to provide space for the voices of pastoral communities, the exhibition will investigate the changing narratives around pastoralism in India, explore the relevance of herding and herders for environmental conservation, and engage in cultural mapping to unfold the various aspects of these communities’ cultural identities. The exhibition will unfold through a host of events and exhibits including pastoral crafts, music, film, and oral narrative performances.

The exhibition will be inaugurated by Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Honourable Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Government of India, at 5 PM on 2nd December 2016 and will be attended by Pastoralists, NGO functionaries, Academicians, Government Officials, and Policy Makers from across India.

The exhibition is scheduled from 2-18 December, 2016 from at Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi and is being co-funded by Heinrich Böll Foundation, India.  

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Information:

Sadia Sohail
Program Co-ordinator, Resource Governance Programme
E: Sadia.Sohail@in.boell.org