The Next Monsoon

Anticipating the Next Monsoon

In this final episode of Season Two, we’re sharing collective views from our guests on their hopes after the Next Monsoon conference in October 2023.
The Next Monsoon website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/, has more information about the Next Monsoon conference, including abstracts and videos of presentations, and links to speakers’ bios.
Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow
Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram or by visiting the South Asia Program website: https://bit.ly/SAPCornell

Representations of Nature, with Nayanika Mathur & Lalitha Gopalan

In this episode, we’re talking to Nayanika Mathur, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Oxford, and sharing a portion of a presentation by Lalitha Gopalan, Associate Professor of Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas at Austin, “Reckonings and Speculations in Moving Image Practices” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023.
The Next Monsoon website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/, has more information about the Next Monsoon conference, including abstracts and videos of presentations, and links to speakers’ bios.
Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow
Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram or by visiting the South Asia Program website: https://bit.ly/SAPCornell

Movement and the Monsoon, with Nida Rehman & Debashree Mukherjee

In this episode, we’re talking to Nida Rehman, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University and sharing a portion of a presentation by Debashree Mukherjee, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University, “Migrant Messages: The Monsoon and Dreams of Being Heard” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023.
The Next Monsoon website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/, has more information about the Next Monsoon conference, including abstracts and videos of presentations, and links to speakers’ bios.
Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow
Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram or by visiting the South Asia Program website: https://bit.ly/SAPCornell

Indigeneity and Infrastructure, with Camelia Dewan & Mabel Gergen

In this episode, we’re talking to Camelia Dewan, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Uppsala University, Sweden and sharing a portion of a presentation by Mabel Gergen, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies, Vanderbilt University, “An Indigenous Geopoetics for the Indian Himalya,” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023.
The Next Monsoon website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/, has more information about the Next Monsoon conference, including abstracts and videos of presentations, and links to speakers’ bios.
Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow
Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram or by visiting the South Asia Program website: https://bit.ly/SAPCornell

The Power of Water, with Emily Yeh & Parismita Singh

In this episode, we’re talking to Emily Yeh, Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder, and Rohit Majumdar, an urban planner and architect who teaches at the School of Environment and Architecture, Mumbai, and sharing a portion of a presentation by Parismita Singh, writer, graphic novelist and educationist based in Guwahati, “If you Want Water, Be Prepared for the Pipe Bursts,” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023.
The Next Monsoon website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/, has more information about the Next Monsoon conference, including abstracts and videos of presentations, and links to speakers’ bios.
Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow
Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram or by visiting the South Asia Program website: https://bit.ly/SAPCornell

Urban Wetscapes, with Farhan Karim & Rohit Majumdar

In this episode, we’re talking to Farhan Karim, Associate Professor, The Design School, Arizona State University, and sharing a portion of a presentation by Rohit Majumdar, an urban planner and architect who teaches at the School of Environment and Architecture, Mumbai, “Architecture of Exfoliation: (Un)making Urban Lives and Ecologies,” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023.
The Next Monsoon website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/, has more information about the Next Monsoon conference, including abstracts and videos of presentations, and links to speakers’ bios.
Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow
Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram or by visiting the South Asia Program website: https://bit.ly/SAPCornell

Storytelling and Statecraft, with Llerena Searle & Kajri Jain

In this episode, we’re talking to Llerena Searle, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Rochester and sharing a portion of a presentation by Kajri Jain, Professor of Art History, University of Toronto, “Apres Moi le Deluge: Nature and/as Statecraft at the Sardar Savorar Dam” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023.
The Next Monsoon website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/, has more information about the Next Monsoon conference, including abstracts and videos of presentations, and links to speakers’ bios.
Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow
Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram or by visiting the South Asia Program website: https://bit.ly/SAPCornell

The Next Monsoon Returns: Season 2 Trailer

Season two of "The Next Monsoon" returns on June 18, featuring interviews with and presentations from scholars and artists who examine how art and culture can help us navigate the uncertain future.

The Intersections of Academia and Activism, with Ahsan Kamal

We’re navigating matters of research ethics and activism in Pakistan’s Indus River Basin. Ahsan Kamal, a lecturer at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies at the Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, discusses riverine communities and balancing academic and activism in practice.
You can learn more about Ahsan Kamal’s research and publications at: https://qau.academia.edu/AhsanKamal
Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.com/about-us
Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram or by visiting our website https://bit.ly/SAPCornell

Fragmented Imaginaries & Frontiers in Bangladesh, with Jason Cons

We’re headed to the frontier, examining borders, development, and climate change in the Sundarbans in Bangladesh. Anthropologist Jason Cons, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses climate frontiers, sensitive spaces, chokepoints, and the imaginary futures of Bangladesh’s deltas.
You can learn more about Jason Con’s research and publications at: http://www.jasoncons.net/ 
Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.com/about-us
Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter | Facebook | Instagram or by visiting our website https://bit.ly/SAPCornell