Lecture by Jason Keith Fernandes on ‘The European Presence in Goa’
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 6.30 pm @
Sunaparanta - Goa Centre For The Arts
63/C-8, Near Lar de Estudantes
Altinho, Panaji – 403 001.
GOA
Earlier this month Jason Keith Fernandes was invited by the EU
Presidency in India to speak to the European Ambassadors assembled in
Goa for the inauguration of the EU Film Festival, on 'The European
Presence in Goa'. In this presentation, Jason hopes to present the
argument delivered to this earlier limited audience, to a wider Goan
public. Rather than tow the usual line of speaking of vestigial European
presences, Jason has sought to breakdown the terms European, Presence
and Goa. In this presentation, that draws from a rich trove of art,
architectural and corporeal presences, he suggests that presence cannot
be understood to be merely a one-way street from Europe to Goa.
Furthermore, the terms Europe and Goa themselves can be rearticulated to
open up a wider and more meaningful route through which we can lay the
foundations for a democratic and contemporary dialogue between Goa and
Europe.
About Jason
Jason Keith Fernandes is currently a doctoral candidate at the Dept. of
Anthropology, ISCTE, Lisbon. He comes to the field of Anthropology after
education in the fields of law, sociology and cultural studies. When not
working toward completion of his doctoral thesis, Jason ventures
unsolicited opinions on art, culture and politics via his weekly column
in the Gomantak Times. These opinions may be accessed and commented on
via www.dervishnotes.blogspot.com
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