Inhabiting Technologies/Modernities
Media and Cultural Practices in South Asia
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Inhabiting Technologies/Modernities is an edited collection (co-edited by P. Thirumal and K. A. Nuaiman) that examines media and technologies in South Asia beyond political or cultural histories, arguing they possess independent existences that shape human life.
The essays span pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial periods and consider artifacts like books, newspapers, radio, film, television, and digital activism.
Contributors use diverse methods and theoretical frameworks to highlight continuities and tensions between ancient Indic practices and modern media forms.
The volume aims to open media history spatially and temporally, challenging diffusionist and singular modernity narratives by foregrounding region-specific prehistories and emergent traditions.
It is intended as a resource for teaching and rethinking media history in South Asian contexts.
The essays span pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial periods and consider artifacts like books, newspapers, radio, film, television, and digital activism.
Contributors use diverse methods and theoretical frameworks to highlight continuities and tensions between ancient Indic practices and modern media forms.
The volume aims to open media history spatially and temporally, challenging diffusionist and singular modernity narratives by foregrounding region-specific prehistories and emergent traditions.
It is intended as a resource for teaching and rethinking media history in South Asian contexts.
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