Chennai Conference Special Folklore As Discourse
1 A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FROM NATIONAL FOLKLORE SUPPORT CENTRE Volume 3 Issue 2 Serial No.15 March 2004 Chennai Conference Special Folklore as Discourse INDIAN FOLKLIFE VOLUME 3 ISSUE 2 SERIAL NO. 15 MARCH 2004 2 BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIRPERSON Komal Kothari NATIONAL FOLKLORE SUPPORT CENTRE Director, Rupayan Sansthan, Folklore Institute of Rajasthan, Jodhpur, Rajasthan TRUSTEES National Folklore Support Centre (NFSC) is a non- Ajay S. Mehta governmental, non-profit organisation, registered in Chennai Executive Director, National Foundation for India, India Habitat Centre, dedicated to the promotion of Indian folklore research, education, Zone 4-A, UG Floor, Lodhi Road, New Delhi training, networking and publications. The aim of the centre is Ashoke Chatterjee to integrate scholarship with activism, aesthetic appreciation with B-1002, Rushin Tower, Behind Someshwar 2, Satellite Road, Ahmedabad community development, comparative folklore studies with N. Bhakthavathsala Reddy cultural diversities and identities, dissemination of information Dean, School of Folk and Tribal Lore, Warangal with multi-disciplinary dialogues, folklore fieldwork with Dadi D. Pudumjee Managing Trustee, The Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust, developmental issues and folklore advocacy with public B2/2211 Vasant Kunj, New Delhi programming events. Folklore is a tradition based on any expressive Deborah Thiagarajan behaviour that brings a group together, creates a convention and President, Madras Craft Foundation, Chennai commits it to cultural memory. NFSC aims to achieve its goals Jyotindra Jain through cooperative and experimental activities at various levels. Professor and Dean, School of Arts and Aesthetics, NFSC is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Molly Kaushal Associate Professor, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, CONTENTS C.V.
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