CSAS Lecture | Market Futures: On Capital and Resistance in India Adda, Davos
Ravinder Kaur, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen
Friday, February 11, 2022
4:30-6:00 PM
Off Campus Location
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The spectacular assembly of the global elite at the World Economic Forum, Davos is a brief moment when the powerful networks of capital become visible. It is here we witness the “India Adda”, an investment pavilion where India performs its cultural difference—adda, a place or assembly of people—as a modern, investor-friendly India, albeit an India rooted in tradition. Taking Adda, Davos as a global theatre of commerce, I address the shifting state-capital power dynamics in post-liberalization India. I specifically focus on how the language of anti-colonial resistance came to be incorporated in the service of Indian capital in the world of free markets.
Ravinder Kaur is a historian of contemporary India. She is Associate Professor of Modern South Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Her most recent work is “Brand New Nation: Capitalist Dreams and Nationalist Designs in Twenty-First-Century India” (Stanford University Press, 2020 and Harper Collins, 2021).
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
The spectacular assembly of the global elite at the World Economic Forum, Davos is a brief moment when the powerful networks of capital become visible. It is here we witness the “India Adda”, an investment pavilion where India performs its cultural difference—adda, a place or assembly of people—as a modern, investor-friendly India, albeit an India rooted in tradition. Taking Adda, Davos as a global theatre of commerce, I address the shifting state-capital power dynamics in post-liberalization India. I specifically focus on how the language of anti-colonial resistance came to be incorporated in the service of Indian capital in the world of free markets.
Ravinder Kaur is a historian of contemporary India. She is Associate Professor of Modern South Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Her most recent work is “Brand New Nation: Capitalist Dreams and Nationalist Designs in Twenty-First-Century India” (Stanford University Press, 2020 and Harper Collins, 2021).
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
| Building: | Off Campus Location |
|---|---|
| Location: | Virtual |
| Event Type: | Livestream / Virtual |
| Tags: | Asia, India |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Center for South Asian Studies, International Institute, Asian Languages and Cultures |
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