14th – 20th August 2023
India Research Center at the Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies, Vilnius University, Lithuania
South Asia has witnessed significant movements throughout its history. Millions of people have migrated within countries and across borders, bringing with them their cultures, languages, religions, goods and ideas. Globalization has intensified these processes and led to significant changes in the way people live, work, and interact with each other. In the last decades, South Asia has undergone unprecedented transformations such as rapid urbanization, environmental challenges, and technological penetration of social and cultural life. There have also been significant political changes in the region, contrastive and conflictual, including populism, authoritarianism, and increased political, gendered and social violence that threaten the foundations of civil society, social movements and political empowerment of the marginalized communities. The effects of the changes are felt on various levels – individual, national, regional and global. In this context of the rapid changes across multiple sectors and scales, the proposed summer school aims to explore South Asia on the move, with a particular focus on the movements of people, ideas, cultural forms and political practices. It will provide a perspective on how various types of movements and changes have shaped and continue to shape the identity of South Asia as a region and its relations with other regions of the world.
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