“Pyaare Saathiyon: Cultural & Creative Revolutions” workshop
“Pyaare Saathiyon: Cultural & Creative Revolutions” workshop
We will explore 70 years of the Indian Workers Association (founded in Coventry in 1938) communicating political resistance through love, solidarity and cultural programming. The workshop will share some of the findings from our ‘1964: Making History’ project. The project collaborated with students to look at the various archives of their iconic anti-racist histories. In this session we shall concentrate on the art and cultural work of the IWA, exploring posters and the legacies of cultural performances.
About Us:
Jagdish Patel is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer. He is a PhD candidate at Coventry University, Centre for Memory, Arts and Communities. He researches the intersections between social practice, art and anti-racism. He is also head of casework at the Monitoring Group, Southall.
Savita Vij is an educator, researcher and decolonised curriculum designer. She has worked on teaching critical philosophy, anthropology and the politics of heritage. She has previously set up new media platforms including CultivAsian and History Trunkies.
This workshop is part of the Stories that Made Us: Protest and Identity, South Asian Heritage Month programme at St Mary’s Guildhall.