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ABOUT THE LECTURE
The 3rd L K Mahapatra Memorial Lecture by Prof Bhaskar Chakrabarti is titled Good Memories, Bad Memories: How Political Organisations Remember and Forget.
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The talk, through empirical research on panchayats, will cover the storage and content of memories in political organisations and will focus on how organisations forget, especially when such memory has faded out. The talk will argue that organisational memory and forgetting are often political strategies used by politicians to channel resources available.
PROF VIJOY SAHAY
Prof. Vijoy S Sahay is the Editor-in-Chief of the internationally renowned anthropological research journal, The Oriental Anthropologist, published by SAGE. He is Former Emeritus Professor and Former Head, Department of Anthropology, Allahabad University.
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He studied at Ranchi University, where he was awarded PhD for his exceptional research work on the Nicobar Archipelago. Professor Sahay has been member of two important committees constituted by the Government of India for the protection and preservation of the dwindling tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. His latest book Experiencing Anthropology in the Nicobar Archipelago has been published by Routledge.
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Professor Sahay’s main areas of interest in Anthropology have been teaching anthropological theories and conducting field research among the most particularly vulnerable tribal groups of the country. Professor Sahay His forthcoming book is on Anthropological Thought: From Evolutionism to Postmodernism and After.