The performative practice of cantaram defines a musical interlude within theatrical scenes and is an integral part of tiatr, solidified in the 1950s and 1960s.  Cantaram is still appreciated by a large Goan population, but it did not develop in Goa; rather, it started in…

As resilience increasingly becomes part of the daily routine, whether one is scrolling through media or walking to work, the burden falls heavily on individuals to persevere, isolating them in their own experience to remain resilient. Oftentimes resilience is understood as an individual virtue, as…

Oral History, as the world understands it, is “the collection and study of historical information using sound recordings of interviews with people who remember past events.  Oral history can be roughly divided up into three or four categories: life histories, topical histories, thematic studies and…

History is often introduced in its most simplified form as “his story” or “her story,” a phrase that, while pedagogically convenient, inadvertently reveals a deeper truth about the doctrine: at its core lies the concept of storytelling. In contemporary society, storytelling permeates everything. Walk into…