Founding member of Roots and Routes: A Living Archive.
Research Documentaries
Their Stories, Their Voices: The Orphans of the British Raj.
Screening Details:
- NIHAI International Film and Theatre Festival, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2018.
- Officially participated in RituRangam Film Festival, Barasat, 2018.
- DNJ Foundation (a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Division of D Navin Chandra Jewelers) NGO, Mumbai, 2018.
- KNU Research Talk Forum,Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, 2018.
- Anglo-Indian Workshop, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 2018.
- Antarang Foundation NGO, Mumbai, 2018.
- “Insights” Research Forum, Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan, 2018.
- Officially participated in Crossover Film Festival, Virginia, 2018.
- National Seminar on History, Myth and Orality: Cultural and Literary Traditions in India at Malaviya Research Center, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
Voices of the Dead: A Documentary Research on the Scottish Women of Calcutta.
Screening Details:
- Lift-Off Sessions, New York, 2020.
The Music of Chenda: A Musical Story from Kerala.
Baithaaki Dhamaal at Mai Misra Shrine in Bedhi.
Dance Dhamaals by the Siddis of Ratanpur, Gujarat during ‘Urs’.
Playing Mugurman during ‘Zikrs’: An eastern African traditional hand-drum
Salaami by Sikandar Siddi and Group at Bedhi.
Siddi Zikr at Bava Gor Shrine in Ratanpur.
The Siddis of Jambur Gir: A Glimpse.
Spicescapes: Stories of Transoceanic Roots and Routes in Fordsburg, South Africa.
Al-Buzlaf: An Omani-Zanzibari Dance.
Siddi Medicinal Practice: A Conversation with Chotiyara Ujma Behen
Podcasts
- Invited in a podcast discussion organized by “Maginally Fannish” Podcast Series. Topic: “How do we learn? Engaging with communities of knowledge and culture beyond academic spaces.”
- Invited in a podcast discussion by SAfm Sunrise. Topic: “India and Pakistan celebrate 75 years of independence from Britain.”
- Invited in a podcast discussion by SAfm Sunrise. Topic: “Indian has publicly appeared to condemn China to what it calls the militarisation of Taiwan Strait.”
- Invited in a podcast discussion by SAfm Sunrise. Topic: “India tells Russia now is not a time for war.”
- Invited in a podcast discussion by SAfm Sunrise. Topic: “In India, some states are again making it mandatory for people to wear facemasks.”
- Invited in a podcast discussion by the Center for Teaching Innovation and Scholarship, University of Leeds for the “Politics and Pedagogy” podcast series. Topic: “Decolonial Approaches in Higher Education.”
- Invited in a podcast discussion by SAfm Sunrise. Topic: “The incredible story of how East African culture shaped the music of a state.”
- Invited in a podcast discussion by SAfm Sunrise. Topic: “In India Manipur, at least fifty-five people have been killed and nearly three hundred hurt.”
- Invited in a podcast discussion by SAfm Sunrise. Topic: “China and Saudi Arabia have now said that they will boycott the G20 meeting held by India in Kashmir.”
- Invited in a podcast discussion by Power FM, South Africa. Topic: “Key Takeaways from the G 20 Summit.”
- Invited in a podcast discussion by Power FM, South Africa. Topic: “View of the World: 2024 – An Election Year for 50 Countries Around the World.”
Interviews
- Interviewed by Hadje C. Hadje (Doctoral Student, Hamburg University, Germany) for the Convivial Thinking Blog. Topic: “Decolonial Praxis, Education and COVID-19: Perspectives from India.”
- Interviewed by Rituparna Patgiri (Assistant Professor, Delhi University, India) for the New Books Network for my monograph Green Academia: Towards Eco-friendly Education Systems.
- Interviewed by Upamanyu Basu (Assistant Professor, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, India) for Politically with Basu interview series for my monograph Green Academia: Towards Eco-friendly Education Systems. Topic: “Talking Green Academia.”
- Interviewed by Rituparna Patgiri (independent researcher and founder of ‘Doing Sociology’) for the New Books Network for my monograph Performing Memories and Weaving Archives: Creole Cultures Across the Indian Ocean.
- Interviewed by Prof. Irma McClaurin (Historian and Archivist) and Al McFarlane (Insight News) for the program Conversations with Al McFarlane, Insight News on Afro-Indian communities in India.
- Discussed and interviewed by Antara Chakraborty and Shankhadeep Chattopadhyay for Galp Lok Book Talk on my book Performing Memories and Weaving Archives.
- Interviewed by Newzroom Afrika, South Africa. Topic: “Modi’s BJP party loses outright majority in the parliament.”
- Interviewed by INX Prime, South Africa. Topic: “Unravelling India’s Political Landscape: From Election Dynamics to Hindutva Ideology.”
- Interviewed by Dr. Stefano Rozzoni, University of Bergamo, Italy. Topic: “Decoloniality, Postcoloniality, and Ecology.”
Conversations
- “Decolonizing the Mind” – A conversation with Shashi Tharoor, Carey Baraka, and Mansoura Ezeldin at Matrubhumi International Festival of Letters. 2024. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emv8VWxA4J0.
- “We are what we eat” – A conversation with Karen Anand and Sunita Kohli at Matrubhumi International Festival of Letters. 2024. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR3hxKPlhH0&t=989s.
Sayan Dey, Ph.D. 