Key Festival Topics

(N ot limited to the below)

Decentr alizing the human to realize an inclusive world - Ending the er a of the Vitr uvian man

This session will focus on the post-humanist criticism alleging that our grandiose perception of centrality in existence is actually destructive O ur shared humanity mayobservenotions of justice, human rights and equality; but only under the shadows of coloniality, racism and autocratic subjectivity H as the time come to bid adieu to the era of the V itruvianmanwho gets to define the measure of all things?

Reimagining Anthropocene: A post- humanist explor ation of climate resilience, urbanism, and nonhuman habitat loss in South Asian fiction

The purpose of this presentation is to explore contemporary South A sian fiction through a posthumanist lens, with a focus on uncovering the themes of climate resilience, rapid urbanism, and nonhuman habitat loss. By situating these themes within the context of the A nthropocene, the presentation aims to shed light on the ways in which contemporary South A sian fictional narratives engage with and explore the challenges posed by climate change, rapid urbanization and nonhuman habitat loss.

Three contemporary South A sian novels - A mitav Ghosh?s "The H ungry Tide" (20 0 4), M ohammad H anif?s "O ur Lady of A lice Bhatti" (20 12), and A rundhati Roy?s "The M inistry of U tmost H appiness" (20 17) - serve as the primary corpus for this analysis Through close readings and textual analysis, this presentation will explore the narrative strategies employed by these works to engage with the crisis of the A nthropocene and provide posthuman reflections.

In the end, the presentation aims to demonstrate how fiction engages with pressing ecological issues and environmental crisis. It will provide a nuanced understanding of the ways in which South A sian fiction is reimagining and reshaping the future through a posthumanist lens to emphasize a more-than-human world and address the consequences of anthropocentrism