Collaboration with Arcadia University: Visual Culture in India
The Mohile Parikh Center for the Visual Arts is collaborating with the Communications Program of Arcadia University on Visual Culture in India.The project has two broad aims: Firstly, to discover, identify and study the specific visual idiom of Indian culture in various forms. Secondly, to acquire from that experience a broader world view about visual culture, social conditions and practical insights about the people across cultures sharing the same space in the world.
The first step in this project includes a course in Visual Culture in India which involves travel to India from March 7-16, 2008. Nine students and a faculty member will be studying and traveling various aspects of visual culture in India as part of the course, including presentations at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. The Center is also exploring with Arcadia University further opportunities for collaboration, including an international conference in visual culture in India, student and faculty projects and research on specific traditions and manifestations of visual culture in India.