Project Samtal Jameer, Samtal Jameen (Equal Terrains, Equal Selves) brings together a diverse group of participants to discuss and elaborate on a wide array of subjects centered on ecology, enviromentalism, research and art practices.
Dr. Sophie Chao
Anthropologist
University of Sydney, Australia
Dr. Danielle Celermajer
Professor | Sociologist
Head of Multispecies Justice Project
University of Sydney, Australia
Dr. Nitoo Das
Professor of Literature | Poet
India
Ranjit Hoskote
Cultural Theorist | Poet
India
The project explores ideas of multispecies worlds to present a variety of understandings on what a multispecies world would look like based on the perspectives of the thinkers, academics, artists and activists contributing to this project.
Navjot Altaf
Artist
India
Sonia Mehra Chawla
Interdisciplinary Artist
India
Dr. Paulina Lopez
Glaciologist
UNESCO Paris
Himali Singh Soin
Multimedia Artist
India and United Kingdom
More concretely, Samtal Jameer, Samtal Jameen (Equal Terrains, Equal Selves) “aims at a radical re-thinking of human and non-human relationships. It seeks to expand the idea of democracy and sustainability through understanding the complexity of such lived relationships and the idea of justice and agency in a multispecies world and the un-alienated life.”
Dr. Jahnavi Phalkey
Bengaluru Science Gallery, India
Krishnendu Bose
India
Janet Solomon
South Africa
Priya Thuvassery
Filmmaker
India
The project has been developed and moderated by artist, curator and activist Ravi Agarwal and is comprised of 21+ conversations recorded on video where Agarwal engages with each of the participants in the project on a variety of topics and shared areas of interest and expertise. The project is also supported by a two-part print publication entitled Multispecies Speculations with a glossary titled Growing Lexicon, both consisting of 32 contributions by artists, curators, critics, art practitioners, academics and researchers.
Dr. Mahesh Rangarajan
Ecological Historian | Author | Researcher
Vice Chancellor, Krea University, India
Dr. Sakshi Aravind
Law Expert
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Lucia Pietroiusti
Curator, General Ecologies Program
Serpentine Gallery, United Kingdom
Dr. Teresa Dillon
Professor | Author | Researcher
University of Brighton, United Kingdom
The project branches further by presenting the work of the participants as it relates to Samtal Jameer, Samtal Jameen and the series of ideas, research and practices shared in common. Such work includes a page on each speaker, a bibliography of texts, works, photography, videos and other media relevant to this project, along with the 21+ conversations and print publication featured here.
Dr. Heather Davis
Professor
The New School, USA
Dr. Pankaj Sekhsaria
Associate Professor in Science and Technology Studies
Environmentalist | Author | Researcher | Activist
IIT Bombay, India
Dr. Rahul Ranjan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Oslo Metropolitan University
Norway and India
Pranay Lal
Author | Researcher | Public Health Specialist
India
Each conversation found on this website reflects the critical and creative engagement of each participant as it relates to the themes, subjects and ideas that are central to Samtal Jameer, Samtal Jameen.
Michael Günzburger
Artist | Researcher | Scholar
Switzerland