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Cultural Studies : Workshop by 'Dr. Kalyani Vallath'...

Hello Readers ,

Here I'm going to share my review about the Workshop which was planned by our HOD [Department of English, MKBU.] The whole workshop was about Cultural studies. The chief guest was 'Dr. Kalyani Vallath' who came from Kerala.

Let me introduce first Dr. Kalyani Vallath :-


Dr. Kalyani Vallath is an educational entrepreneur, editor and teacher of English literature from India. Vallath compiled A Contemporary Encyclopedia of British Literature and runs Total English Solutions in Thiruvananthapuram to help teach English to people living in rural parts of India.

As an educational entrepreneur, Dr Kalyani Vallath has moulded the careers of hundreds of young professors in India and has contributed significantly to English literature studies at graduate and postgraduate levels. It is with an unconventional, innovative and democratic perspective that she has built up an interdisciplinary and learner-centered educational methodology and a career of her own.

About Workshop of Cultural studies :- 

As I mentioned above that Kalyani mam came on 27th December , 2019. She dealt with the special subject Cultural studies. She talked various things relevant to this perticular subject.

◆  About Cultural studies:- 

In the very beginning of the session at morning , she talked about the emerged of Cultural studies.

  She told that...Cultural studies emerged from the Marxism.

◆ An introduction to Cultural studies :-

Then further she told about this , the details are given below :-

1. Interdisciplinary study.
2. How culture relates to the larger society.
3. Political dynamics of mass media & everyday cultural practices.
4. How culture transforms individual experiences social realities & power relations.
5. Draws on social theory, philosophy, history, linguistic, media.

¶ Then she told that the people who are living in India & also in the entire world are diverse & cultural studies connected with diversity.

¶ Then she gave the special reference of the American feminist writer, educator, artist & activist ... 'Kate Millett'

She gave the further information...that

" Cultural studies is the political significance."

I like her this idea and thought very much that how Culture shape the individual person. When she told that....

" Cultural studies transform the individual experiences & Travel also transform us."

● According to this above line she shared her person experience that....

When she was travelled to the various places she had many experiences with variety of people and she came to know that all cultures are diverse . She have many friends in diverse community and all community are respect her.

  She gave the example that ...when its the time of thinking about Pakistan all indians think or the crystal clear images indians show is that Terrorist or Terrorism. But not all pakistani are terrorist they also have some respect towards India. She told that her pakistani friend who are live in there , they all are very much well mannered as well as sophisticated , they respect Indians.

◆ The Beginning :-

Cultural studies's  first proper discussion is given by Matthew Arnold .

1. Culture and Anarchy [1869]
2. High , elite Culture

¶ She gave an example that taking selfie is also included in cultural studies.

◆ 2 Main influences of Cultural studies:- 

1. Frankfurt School
2. New left.

¶ Then she gave the various examples  and topics like....

1. Institute for Social Research, U of Frankfurt
2. Critical Theory
3. Hegelian dialectic method
4. New left
5. New left review
6. New left in US
7. Center for Contemporary Cultural studies [CCCS]
8. Cultural Materialism
9. Circuit of Culture
10. Major influences
11. Michael Foucault
12. Archeology & Genealogy
13. Power & knowledge
14. Episteme & Bio power
15. Popular cultural studies
16. Subculture studies
17. Public sphere
18. Post humanism
19. Trauma studies
20. Major works and theorists
21. Globalization studies : Disjuncture
22. Appadurai's 5 scapes
23. Queer Theory
24. Intersectionality
25. Visual cultural studies


◆ Pioneers :- 

1. Richard Hoggart
2. E.P Thompson
3. Raymond Williams [ 1921- 1988]
4. Stuart Hall [ 1932 - 2014]
    ● Model of communication
    ● Encoding & Decoding
5. Pierre Berdieu


¶ Then she told ..." Rational dress-code movement" had been raised in the Victorian period.


Conclusion :-



In last I just want to say that the session was very much helpful to me as well as all Literature students. It was fruitful session. The whole day she taught us very enthusiastically. I hope we will have chance to listen you in future .

Thankyou.



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