Date – July 12, 2024 San Jose State University Podcast hosted by – Philip Salata Guest – Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti Event Website Podcast Discussion – Reporter Philip Salata chats with Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti about her academic research on the Bauls – mystic troubadours in India and Bangladesh who have been singing songs that draw from the teachings of Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism. The World is a public radio program that crosses borders and time zones to bring home the stories that matter.
Stanford TAPS Book Talk | Innovative Scholarship by TAPS Alumni
Date – May 31, 2024. 11:30am-1pm. Stanford University Online Webinar via Zoom Guest – Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti Event Website Zoom Discussion – In 2023/2024, TAPS Alums produced a number of groundbreaking books in the field. This event celebrates the publication of Gigi Otálvaro’s Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco (University of California Press), Kellen Hoxworth’s Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance (Northwestern University Press), Sukanya Chakrabarti’s In-Between Worlds: Performing [as] Bauls in an Age of Extremism (Routledge), and Kari Barclay’s Directing Desire: Intimacy Choreography and Consent in…
In-Between Worlds: Performing [as] Bauls in an Age of Extremism – Book Release
Written by Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti. Published November 25, 2022 by Routledge. 248 Pages 39 B/W Illustrations Book Listing on Routledge website Book Description This book examines the performance of Bauls, ‘folk’ performers from Bengal, in the context of a rapidly globalizing Indian economy and against the backdrop of extreme nationalistic discourses. Recognizing their scope beyond the musical and cultural realm, Sukanya Chakrabarti engages in discussing the subversive and transformational potency of Bauls and their performances. In-Between Worlds argues that the Bauls through their musical, spiritual, and cultural performances offer ‘joy’…