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अकाद-MIC

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अकाद-MIC podcast series emerged out of a casual conversation among faculty members of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) over individual journeys that shaped their academic trajectories. What emerged out of this lunch meeting on a rainy day in August 2024 was a fascinating auto-ethnographic exchange in a storytelling fashion that went beyond the usual narrative of academic life. Thus, the possibility of initiating a podcast series that can document the shaping of such dimensions, encounters, initiatives, experiments, or relatively obscure experiences in the life of an academic emerged.

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Imagining the Idea of Film Archives 05.07.2025 1:08:52

In this episode, Lawrence Liang and Vebhuti Duggal discuss two digital film platforms, pad.ma and indiancine.ma, within the larger context of thinking about archives in the digital era. Moving between traditional notions of state-run archives and the proliferation of non-state archives, the discussion examines issues ranging from cultural infrastructure to the specific affordances of the digital s...

Future at a Stake 17.09.2024 1:44:25

In this maiden episode of अकाद-mic, Dharitri Narzary shares with Yogesh Snehi her experiences in the making of the documentary film ‘Future at a Stake’ for Doordarshan in 1998. Shot during the period of militancy, the film looks at the breakdown of the educational system in Northeast India and documents the anxieties and aspirations of students, parents and teachers; Dharitri was the film’s produc...