Meetings of Vidya Ashram Samiti, Lokavidya Jan Andolan (LJA) Samitis & Lokavidya Tana-Bana
Venue : Lodging, Boarding and Meeting
Bio-Medical Ethics Center, St. Pius College, Arey Road, Goregaon East, Mumbai
The first point about the Present Situation and the Lokavidya Standpoint is expected to provide the general context for the discussions that would follow. The entire breadth of this topic cannot be covered in a short span which is available for it and we would like to focus on the question of political imagination that the lokavidya standpoint may be said to breed. What are the essential features and principles around which such political imagination needs to build itself ? What is the nature of that society whose knowledge bases are mainly in lokavidya ? Do we need to think in terms of Swaraj and not Democracy ? Does the space of connectivity among the lokavidyadhar samaj provides the new location of initiating the desired change ? How can ideas of self-organization, autonomy and emergence be seen as located in a people's space, being shaped and nurtured by lokavidya initiatives ? What are the practical questions before an LJA activist ? Are we engaged in a 'war' to demolish the present and build afresh or in some kind of a 'grand negotiation' to retrieve the lost spaces and secure fresh ones ? We may raise these and similar questions in the first hour to underline the broad context and direction for the dialogue in the two days.
The Time Table
The names mentioned are of those who are expected to initiate discussion on the respective point, everyone will have the opportunity to express his/her view. The time given is the total time for that topic.23 Feb. 2013
Ashram Samiti
- Welcome, introduction & schedule 10.00-10.30 Krishnarajulu
- Present situation and the lokavidya standpoint 10.30-11.30 Sunil
- Lokavidya Jan Andolan-Report 11.30-11.45 Chitra
- Tea 11.45-12.00
- Lokavidya Ashram 12.00-1.00 Dilip, Sanjeev, Ekta
- Lunch 1.00-2.00
- Lokavidya Darshan 2.00-3.00 Avinash, Surendran, Suresh
- Research & Translation 3.00-3.30 Krishnarajulu, Naresh
- Tea 3.30-3.45
- Publication & Internet 3.45-5.00
- Telugu Publication Narayan Rao
- Marathi Publication Girish
- Hindi Publication Chitra
- English Publication Amit/Sunil
- Website Surendran
- Blog - lokavidyajanandolan.blogspot.com Chitra
- lokavidyaashramsingrauli.blogspot.in Ravi Shekhar
13. Finances 5.00-5.30 Sunil
14. Kelai Draupadi film screening 6.00-8.00 Sashikanth
15. Dinner 8.30
24 Feb. 2013
- Meeting Lokavidya Jan Andolan Sanyojan Samiti & Salahakar Samiti 10.00-1.00
- Reports from different regions - Sanjeev, Ravi, Premlata Singh, Mohan Rao, Vijay Kumar,
- LJA-Idea & Practice : Program for the next year - Chitra
2. Lunch 1.00-2.00
3. Lokavidya Tana-Bana 2.00-4.30 Sunil , Mansoor Khan, Sashikanth, Chalam Bennurkar
4. Conclusion : Viewing the decisions taken in the two days.
Vidya Ashram