BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23168@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Sonic Imaginations of Casteless Utopias DTSTAMP:20260529T202211Z DTSTART:20260619T150000Z DTEND:20260619T163000Z DESCRIPTION:Songs and music are integral to anti-caste movements in India. The songs and\nsonic imaginations inspired by the radical Indian anti-cast e thinker and leader\nDr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891—1956) form the anchor for th is conversation with writer\nand publisher from Nagpur/India\, Yogesh Mait reya\, and Amsterdam-based scholar of\nphilosophy\, Dr. Monika Kirloskar-S teinbach.\n\nThe event will dive into the history of anti-caste music\, an d what it reveals\nabout Dalit struggles for justice and dignity. It will introduce Ambedkar’s\nproposals for a post-colonial India free from the un yielding shackles of caste\nand showcase recent publications on the subjec t.\n\nLink to the event page\n[https://decolonialfutures.uva.nl/content/ev ents/2026/06/sonic-imaginations-of-casteless-utopias.html?origin=D4uKjJyPT ZOls1Gd5aqTiQ]\n\nYogesh Maitreya is a poet\, writer and publisher at Pant her’s Paw Publications\nbased in Nagpur\, India. He is the author of AMBED KAR – Sonic Imagination of\nCasteless Utopia (Panther’s Paw Publications\, 2025)\n[https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2 Fwww.yogeshmaitreya.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cn.n.richardson%40uva.nl%7C303a4c 695a52401b6d8408debb207f26%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C0%7C0%7C63 9153945447020046%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwL jAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&s data=7hHEWUanUgw1tOMfJXMlGpgmaXE1qFUElbFGPyWJYOM%3D&reserved=0]\,\na book emerging from his doctoral research that traces the journey of fifteen\nDa lit-Bahujan musicians in the footsteps of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.\n\nMonika Kir losker-Steinbach is Professor of Philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit\nin Amsterdam. She is the author of Freedom to Know: Creating Community with\n Ambedkar\, Du Bois\, Iqbal\, Ramabai and Tagore\n[https://eur04.safelinks. protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fedinburghuniversitypress.com%2Fb ook-freedom-to-know.html&data=05%7C02%7Cn.n.richardson%40uva.nl%7C303a4c69 5a52401b6d8408debb207f26%7Ca0f1cacd618c4403b94576fb3d6874e5%7C0%7C0%7C6391 53945447051297%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjA uMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sda ta=y%2BUoXIoXbHneuSnUrKdEA%2FR5YaCSu11hifiUrUpx1Gc%3D&reserved=0]\n(Edinbu rgh University Press\, 2025)\, which asks how a (world) community can be\n created to allow structural minorities equitable access to intellectual an d\nmaterial resources.\n\nModerator: Sruti Bala\, Associate Professor in T heatre Studies at the University\nof Amsterdam URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/sonic-imaginations-of-casteless-utopias GEO:52.3691111;4.9018933 LOCATION:Het Fort van Sjakoo - Jodenbreestraat 24\, 1011 NK Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,books,community,music,nieuwmarkt/lastage,theat er X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Songs and music are integral to anti-caste movements in India. The songs and sonic imaginations inspired by the radic al Indian anti-caste thinker and leader Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891—1956) form the anchor for this conversation with writer and publisher from Nagpur/In dia, Yogesh Maitreya, and Amsterdam-based scholar of philosophy, Dr. Monik a Kirloskar-Steinbach.

The event will dive into the history of anti -caste music, and what it reveals about Dalit struggles for justice and di gnity. It will introduce Ambedkar’s proposals for a post-colonial India fr ee from the unyielding shackles of caste and showcase recent publications on the subject.

Link to the event page

Yogesh Maitreya is a poet, writer and publisher at Panther’s Paw Publications based in Nagpur, India. He is the author of AMBEDKAR – Sonic Imagination of Casteless Utopia (Panther’s Paw Publications, 2025), a book emerging from his doctoral research that t races the journey of fifteen Dalit-Bahujan musicians in the footsteps of D r. B.R. Ambedkar.

Monika Kirlosker-Steinbach is Pr ofessor of Philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. She is the a uthor of Freedom to Know: Creating Community with Ambedkar, Du Bois, Iqbal, Ramabai and Tag ore (Edinburgh University Press, 2025), which asks how a (world) community can be created to allow structural minorities equitable access t o intellectual and material resources.

Moderator: Sruti Bal a, Associate Professor in Theatre Studies at the University of Am sterdam

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