1. The Sarai ProgrammeCentre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) Delhi www.sarai.net

2. sarai or, beside a highway where travellers and caravans can findshelter, sustenance and companionship a place to rest in the middle of a journey a destination and a point of departure an enclosed space in a city a tavern - a meeting place - a public house 3. Language Hindi Language Resources Localization of FLOSS Software Hindi Lists and Publications Translation Archive dvd/vcd/cd/books/pamphlets documents/images/posters popular cultural materials Online Presence: Websites/Lists/Blogs/Online Archive/E Books Events: Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Talks/Screenings Outreach: University & City Events/Informal Meetings Collaborations: Local/Regional/International Distributed Research Network: Fellowships and Stipends Sarai : Activities, Nodes and Processes Cybermohalla collaboration with ngo critical pedagogy locality media labs free & social softwareworking class spaces young people interpreting and imaginingurban experience Continuing ResearchInformation Society Surveillance/Censorship/ Information Politics Intellectual Property Piracy/Commons/Open Source Urban Environments Architecture/Zoning/Ecology/ Health/Labour Publics and Practices Cinema/Video/Music/Cable Viewership/Circulation/Distribution Production/Re-Production/Piracy Art & Media ProjectsSarai Media Lab Raqs Media Collective Installations/Video Radio/Print/Web Residencies Publications Sarai Readers (English) Sarai.txt (English) Deewan-e-Sarai (Hindi) Media Nagar (Hindi) Cybermohalla Publications (Hindi and English) 4. Sarai-CSDS : Distributed Public CreativityInterdisciplinary Research Experimental Media Practice Contemporary Art Architecture for Public Knowledge Generation ArchivePresentations Talks Screenings Publications Exhibitions Workshops Seminars Discussion Lists& Web Content 5. 6. The Contemporary City Information and Society Media Histories and Practices Intellectual Property Language Technology, Politics & Culture Urban Environment Labour Open Source & Free Software Narratives of Everyday LifeOral History Cinema, TV, Radio, Performance, Music, Print, Internet Infrastructure Conflict & Violence Surveillance Popular Culture Sexuality Tactical Media Essays Design Comics Photography Law and Legality Typography The New Economy Urban Childhood Leisure Sport Migration Experimental Media Forms Architecture Suburbs, Small Towns, Streets, Neighbourhoods Contemporary Art Cultures of Piracy 7. as a space to develop & reflect on different kinds of practice to experiment with new forms and methods as a space for inter-disciplinary flows as an archiveas a platform for new publics and creative workas a safe space for free speech and critical discussion as a means to reflect on protocols of knowledge production All this becomes possible because of the new media tools How is Sarai seen? 8. Our Motivations A recognition of the need to address the crisisthat afflicts academia, the media, and creative spacesdue to : Absence of incentives for creative, experimental and independent forms of knowledge generation, research and creative practice Absence of structures conducive to inter-disciplinary thinking & work Absence of a dialogue between discourse and practice Absence of a public conversation around knowledge and creativity 9. Aligarh Vijayawada Udaipur Goa Distributionof Independent Research Fellowships 10. Delhi Srinagar Chandigarh Kolkata Ahmedabad Udaipur Shillong Chennai Madurai Bangalore Goa Mumbai SARAI Raipur Hyderabad Vijayawada Pune Jaipur Aligarh Shanghai Sydney Tokyo Dhaka Bandung Singapore Colombo Helsinki Hamburg Amsterdam London New York Los Angeles Mexico City Tehran Beirut Lahore Moscow Istanbul Vienna Taipei Sao Paulo Lagos Bangkok Kuala Lampur Melbourne Karachi Seoul Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai Dakar Tezpur Allahabad Chicago Johannesburg Exchanges on the Reader List transmit to a Global Network throughForwards, Replies,Other Lists etc. 11. Taran Khans Project Socialist Wives Documentary Video, Archival Research, Interviews, Oral History, Text, Performance 12. Images from Archive ofPopular Islamic Devotional Posters Yousuf Saeeds Research Project 13. Poster from the Archive on Bhojpuri Cinema Created by Lal Bahadur Ojha 14. Shahid Datawalas Photographic Research Project on the Ambience of Cinema Spacesin Delhi 15. Posters Colleced by Indrani Majumder for her research on early film publicity materials in Kolkata 16. Issues

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