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‘I Never Ask For It’ week begins with Action Hero Dialogues

Supported by : Max Mueller Bhavan, Goethe Institute, Srishti Institue Of Art Design and Technology, Sangamma.

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Action Hero Vira Mistry

A Very Deliberate Manel: Examining Suspicion 

Hosted as part of the I Never Ask For It week, our first manel invited men to explore, understand, locate themselves within, and respond to the impact of fear and warnings; where on one side it creates an attitude of victim blame, and on another it also positions ‘all men’ as ‘suspect’. How do you feel about being suspect? How are you perpetuating it too, towards other men , in the name of protecting ‘your own’? Do you recognise it? Do you understand it? When you listen in, how do you chose to respond to it?

A Very Deliberate Manel brings men to step in , moving beyond solidarity in tackling sexual and gender based violence. A Very Deliberate Manel creates a space for listening informing/ being informed through personal memory and insight.  The event has no audience, only participants. The comprises 28 individuals, 21 men and 7 women. It is audio recorded.

The first manel was hosted at Max Mueller Bhavan / Goethe Institut. Bangalore the 27th September 2016 . Next A Very Deliberate Manel, scheduled for end Feb 2017. 

Thank you to Arvind Rajan for the photos. Thank you Vipin Bhati, Gissy Michael, Shubham Singh for the audio recording. The audio will inform a podcast series.

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Hahaha Sangha with Yelahanka Action Heroes on 19th November 2016 .

Action Heroes Chandramma, Frauke, Jasmeen Jayamma, Sampige, Yashodra, Vishala,  Victoria,  Vira, 

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Hahaha Sangha led by Action Heroes Neelamma, Vrushali, Jasmeen, 

Photo credit: Wilson

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»Mehendi – No Lifelong Commitment, No Artistic Skills Required«

Women girls, single women, mothers, housewives, non-wives, mothers-in-law, grandmothers, daughters, aunts, single mothers, female scholars and politicians, daughters-in-law, labourers, …

Is there something you pledge yourself – not to your husband or the families – as we usually do when getting married?

Get to know each other, share experiences from different cultural backgrounds and circumstances, and then, in 1-on-1 sessions, draw/receive a contemporary mehendi with a clear message:        

·                      Concerning your particular experience being a woman

·                      On a part of your body of your own choosing

Would you be in for designing and being a model?

Saturday December 17, 2016  12 noon – 7.00 p.m.                                                  (Open to the public from 6.00 to 7.00 p.m.)

Venue:         Rooftop Terrace, Vimochana                                 No. 33/1-9, Thyagraj Layout, Jaibharath Nagar

Limited places! To participate, get in touch with Frauke: [email protected]

Please note: The event is only for the participants (till 6.00 p.m.), will be documented by photographer Madhu Nandi and later published.

A bangaloREsidency co-production by Frauke Frech, Goethe-Institut / Max     Mueller Bhavan and Blank Noise

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1/3 of women in india primarily engaged in housework would like a job

excerpts of a research day in the bangaloREsidency GENDER archive, thank you Goethe interns!

article 01 deccan herald may 25, 2013 | 03 deccan herald august 25, 2015

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meeting with women on the street

Richmond Circle, Bangalore

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To feel safe because I want to

I am exposing myself to situations people were suggesting not to. It’s making me sick to hold myself back – preventing any negative incidence that could possibly happen. In order to exercise making myself feel strong in unpleasant moments – being ready to insist, or to yell, in case someone would approach me inappropriately. Sometimes I feel fragile and then I am glad not to be there on my own. Anyone at the street can become an ally. What do you dare to do in public?