Oct 08 2024 to Oct 08 2024 6:30 p.m.

Price: Free, but registration is required. Book/Buy

Where

Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)

Kasturba Road, Bengaluru 560001

Event Description

A report by The Media Rumble and UN Women in early 2019 analysed India’s leading newspapers, magazines, TV channels, and news websites. It found that in a six-month period in 2018, only 8% of content—news reports, features, opinion pieces, and primetime debates—focused on gender issues. This is alarmingly low. A sustained focus on understanding the issues, interests and concerns of women and gender minorities is crucial to undoing the patriarchal systems that bind us. Non-sexist representation that moves beyond outrage cycles and victim shaming is key to reshaping narratives. This requires both a shift in content and the structure of journalistic institutions to address gender issues beyond sensationalism.

Sensitive storytelling should centre the voices of women and gender minorities, critically explore widening gender disparities, and adopt new, compassionate ways to present these stories.

Join us for a panel discussion featuring Priti David from PARI (People’s Archive of Rural India), Laxmi Murthy from Hri Southasian, Priyanka Tupe from Behan Box, and Shabani Hassanwalia from The Third Eye.

Each of these institutions, in their distinct ways, have employed a people-first approach in storytelling; allowing to build sensitivity and instances for continued learning around gender.

This panel discussion is conceptualised under MAP's ongoing exhibition, VISIBLE/INVISIBLE: Representation of Women in Art through the MAP Collection.