5
International Seminar
On
Orality : The Quest for Meaning
Dept. of Eng, Bodoland University
26th & 27th May, 2016
Programme Schedule
Day 1: 26/05/2016
Sl. No. / Particulars / Time1. / Registration / 8.00 am -- 11.00 am
INAUGURAL SESSION: 9.00 am – 10:35 am
Venue: Hall-1 (Auditorium)
Plenary Session (From: 10.50 am – 12.25 pm)
Seminar Hall-1 (Auditorium)
Sl. No. / Plenary Speakers / Time1. / Prof. K. C. Baral, Director, EFLU, Shillong / 10.45 am -- 11.10 am
2. / Prof. Ulo Valk, University of Tartu, Estonia / 11.10 am – 11.35 am
4. / Prof. Desmond L. Kharmawphlang, CCS, NEHU, Shillong / 12. 00 am – 12. 25 Noon
Section: English
Technical Session-Group A (Three Parallel Sessions I,II & III)
Time: 12.25 Noon – 02.00 pm (1 hr 35 mins)
Technical Session I
Hall-1 (Auditorium)
Special Panel on: Gender Narratives
Chair: Dr. Maria Ines Palleiro, Argentinian Council for Scientific Research, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Panelists:
1. Prof. Rosemary Dzuvichu, Director, Women Studies Centre, Nagaland University
2. Mrs. Rashmi Narzary: Women’s Narratives: Active and Passive Narratives.
3. Dr. Natalie Jo- Diengdoh: Ka Durbar (Open air parliament) in the matrilineal system of the Khasi
4. Dr. Neelakshi Goswami: Subverting Patriarchy: the Feminine Voice in Assamese Folk Narratives
5. Prof. S. Dkhar: Khasi Megalithic Culture: A Study from Gender Perspective
Technical Session II
Seminar Hall-2
(Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma Arts Building)
Topic: Folklore Approach
Chairperson: Prof. John Zemke, University of Missouri, Michigan USA
Sl. No. / Paper Presenter / Title of Paper1. / Prof. Laltluangliana Khiangte / Oral Traditions of the Mizos
2. / Dr. Onusa Suwanprest / Folklore as a Mode of World Transformation: A New Paradigm of Folklore Studies in Thailand
3. / Dr. Anil Kumar Boro / The narrative of an old man and his daughter-in-law: contexts, performance and intertextuality
4. / Prof. Jyotirmoy Prodhani / Orality and Identity: Pratima Barua and her Landscape
5. / Dr. Dipti Visuddhangkoon / Orality and the Quest for Truth in the Thai Forest Tradition
6. / Dr.Dwijen Sharma / The Mahout Songs of Gauripur Estate: An Inquiry
TECHNICAL SESSION-III
Venue: Hall-3 (GKAB)
Topic: Customary Laws, Women and Nature
Chairperson: Prof. Salam Irene, Manipur University
Sl. No. / Paper Presenter / Title of Paper1. / Prof. D. Kuolie / Reading of Indigenous Knowledge In the Context of Environment In
Traditional Worldview of Tenyimia Community of Nagas
2. / Dr. Rabindranath Sharma
3. / Amellina G. Momin: / The Garo Customary Laws of Inheritance.
4. / Bhanuprabha Brahma / Customary Law and the Tradition –Modernity Interface: A Study of its Impact on the Women in Northeast India
5. / Debarati Chakraborty: / Exploring Gender Relations in the Women Narratives of Post-partition Bengal (1947-1957).
Lunch Break: 02.00pm – 02.30 pm (30 mins)
Technical Session-Group B (Three Parallel Sessions IV, V, VI,)
Time: 02.30 pm – 4.30 pm (2hrs)
Technical Session-IV
Hall-2 (GKAB)
Topic: Magic, Witchcraft and Paganism
Chairperson: Prof. Ulo Valk, University of Tartu, Estonia
Sl. No. / Paper Presenter / Title of Paper1. / Mridusmita Devi / Healing through Magic in the Atharva Veda
2. / Martin Borgoiary and Rimush Narzary: / Belief in Witchcraft among the Boros: An Overview.
3. / Mridul Das / Oral Narratives as the Transmitters of Supernatural Belief Tradition: Perspectives on Few Folktales from the Bodo Community.
4. / Hargouri Narzary: / The Inter-relationship of Religion and Magic in Bathou Worship.
5. / Dina Swargiari / Witch- Belief follows Dreams or Dreams follows witch Beliefs?
6. / Gitanjali Baro / Co-relating Magic and Witchcraft with the Divine: A Study of Paulo Coelho’s Works
7. / Mijinksa Baro: / Mayong: Origin and Emergence of Black Magic and Witchcraft.
Technical Session-V, Hall-3 (GKAB)
Topic: Folklore and Dynamics of Identity
Chair: Dr. Dwijen Sharma, NEHU, Tura
Sl. No. / Paper Presenter / Title of Paper1. / Monmi Kakati: / Lullabies of Assam and their impact on present society.
2. / Dr. Marbhador Kymdeit& Dr. Badaiasuklang Nonglait / Folklore and literature: A study on the Khasi folk narrative ‘Ka Nam’
3. / Rosie Patangia & Ranga Ranjan Das / Folklore and Indigenous Identity: the Assam Context.
4. / Ghanashyam Nath / Locating the Identity of the Women Folk in the West Assam Society: A Study on the Proverbs of the Goalpariya Dialect
5. / Resha Barman / Indian Education Policy and Significance of Orality in the Modern Context: A Case Study of few select tribes of West Midnapore.
6. / Raju Brahma & Asha Basumatary / Revisiting Mamoni Raisom Goswami’s Novel The Bronze Sword of Thengphakri Tehsildar in English Translation.
7. / Sumi Das / Women Narratives as a Vehicle of Mass Communication in the Medieval Assamese Society.
Technical Session-VI, Hall-4 (GKAB)
Topic: Folklore and Dynamics of Identity
Chairperson: Prof. Laltluangliana Khiangte, Mizoram University
Sl. No. / Paper Presenter / Title of Paper1. / Prof. S.K Nanda / Folklore and Nationalism
2. / Dr.D.L Nonglait
3. / Nirupoma Kardung / Bari: The Sacred Language.
4. / Gitu Rani Kalita / Construction of Self and Other through Folkore.
5. / Dhrijyoti Kalita / Contesting narratives: Reading the indigenous and the nation in Sagan and The Bharandas.’
6. / Faguna Barmahalia / Folklore and Nationalism: A Study of the Rabhas of Assam.
7. / Neetu Saharia / Women in Assamese Folktales Burhi Aair Sadhu: An Analysis.
Cultural Fest at 05:00 pm
Day 2: 27/05/2016
Technical Session-Group C (Three Parallel Sessions-VII,VIII,IX,)
Time: 09.30 am – 11.00 am (1 hr 30 mins)
Technical Session-VII, Hall-2 (GKAB)
Topic: Customary Laws, Women and Nature
Chairperson: Dr. Rosemary Dzuvichu, Nagaland University
Sl. No. / Paper Presenter / Title of Paper1. / Dr. Maria Ines Palleiro / Little Red Riding Hood in different itineraries: Female characters in Argentinean folk narrative
2. / Dr. Sekhar Brahma / Gender Implications in Bodo Customary Law
3. / Supriyama Basumatary & Birinchi K. Medhi / Women and Nature as Integrated in Weaving with Special Reference to the Rabha Society of Assam.
4. / Namrata Chowdhury / The Gaze that tames the ‘Shrew’; A Study of Nagesh Kukunur’s Dor.
5. / Maikan Basumatary, Anjali Narzary, and Jonil Kr. Goyary / Customary Law and the Status of Women in the Bodo Society.
Technical Session-VIII, Hall-3 (GKAB)
Topic: History and Orality
Chair: Prof. K.C Baral, EFLU, Shillong
Sl. No. / Presenters / Title of Paper1. / Prof. Salam Irene / Oral History in Northeast India
2. / Pranab Jyoti Narzary and Dipul Baro / Orality to Textuality: A Study of Boro Folktales in Pre-independence Period.
3. / Anshuman Bora / History as Textual Artifact: A Critique of the Translation of Yaruingam
4. / Jeetumoni Basumatary / Legends in Bodo Historiography.
5. / Rustam Brahma / Place Names and Oral Narratives: A Study in Kokrajhar and Chirang
6. / Amlanjyoti Sengupta / Orality as History: Reviewing the Karbi Oral Tradition of Northeast India.
7. / Dr. Banobina Brahma
Technical Session-IX, Hall-4 (GKAB)
Topic: Traditional Belief Systems
Chairperson: Prof. Onusa Suwanprest, Naresuan University, Thailand
Sl. No. / Paper Presenter / Title of Paper1. / Ramala Sarma / Environmental Awareness of the Tai Buddhist communities of Assam.
2. / Bornali Borah and Rintu Handique / Traditional Belief Systems of the Tai Buddhist Communities of Assam: A Study.
3. / Elizabeth Basumatary & Mallika Basumatary / Traditional Belief System of the Bodos with special reference to Myths.
4. / Detsung Swargiary / Traditional Food of the Bodo tribes of Assam: Status and Prospects.
5. / Dr. Ginneihching Simte / Belief Systems of the Simtes
6. / Ranjit Kumar Narzary, Kabi Ranjan Mushahary, & Sanjoy Narzary / Oral Tradition of the Bodos for Post-Natal Lactation.
Tea Break: 11.00 am– 11.15 am (15 mts)
Technical Session-Group D (Three Parallel Sessions-X, XI & XII)
Time: 11.15 am – 01. 45 pm (2.30 hrs)
Technical Session-X, Hall-2(GKAB)
Topic: Literature and Orality
Chairperson: Prof. Desmond Kharmawphlang, NEHU Shillong
Sl. No. / Paper Presenter / Title of Paper1. / Dr.Ksh.Premchandra Singh / From Green Paddy Fields to the Seminar Halls: Tracing Lost Tunes of Manipur
2. / Champak Kumar Bharali / Contextualization of Vaishnavaite Legends: A Brief Study.
3. / Barnali Sikder / Choker Bali: A Cinematized Orality.
4. / Suryya Kumar Chetia,
Prashanta Puzari / In Search of the Forgotten Melodies of Monai Maji : A Critical Perspective
5. / Dr. Umesh Chandra Deka / Game Songs of Assam and Odisha: A Comparative Exploration of Oral Written Continuum.
6. / Satya Nath Pegu and Dr. Indraneel Pegu / Oral Tradition in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.
Technical Session-XI, Hall-3 (GKAB)
Topic: Revisiting Northeast
Chairperson: Dr. Z. Khiangte, HoD, Department of English, Bodoland University
Sl. No. / Paper Presenter / Title of Paper1. / Khumanthem Gunibala Devi / Disruption of Culture and Identity Assertion in the Select Poetic Voices from North-East India.
2. / Ronchai Basumatary / Marxism and Cultural Materialism in Northeast Literature.
3. / Juri Dutta / Theorizing ‘Ethnicity’, Playing ‘Ethnic’ and Writing ‘Ethnicity’: Reading Multiple Meanings of the term ‘Ethnicity’ in the Light of a few Personal Anecdotes.
4. / Dhrubajyoti Das and Dr. Fakhrul Alom / Multiculturalism, Ethnic identity politics and Dynamics of indigenous identity in North-East India: Revisiting indigenous identity politics in Assam.
5. / Dhurjjati Sarma / Cosmopolitan Vernacular and Literary Subcultures in Postcolonial Assam.
TECHNICAL SESSION-XII
Hall-4 Arts Building (GKAB)
Topic: Folklore Approach
Chairperson: Dr. Rabindranath Sharma, Jharkhand Central University
Sl. No. / Paper Presenter / Title of Paper1. / Ratul Deka: / Meaning in Structure: A Structural Analysis of a Select Deori Folktale.
2. / Juri Saikia / Folklore of Tai Khamti: Approach and Prospects
3. / Kaushik Hazarika and Nimi Biswakarma / Modern Folklore: A Sociological Study of Certain Urban Legends in Contemporary Society.
4. / Mridusmita Mahanta / Socio Semiotic Approach to Trickster Tales: A Study into an Assamese trickster tale entitled ‘Tikhor aru Suti Bai’.
5. / Arnan Basumatary / A Study of a Boro Urban Legend Sakondra
Lunch Break: 01.45 pm – 02.30 pm
Technical Session-Group E (Two Parallel Technical Session XIII & XIV)
Time: 2.30 pm – 03.40 pm (1 hr 10 mts)
Technical Session-XIII Hall-2 (GKBMB)
Topic: Literature and Orality
Chairperson: Prof. Jyotirmoy Prodhani, NEHU, Shillong
Sl. No. / Paper Presenter / Title of Paper1. / Dr. Fardina Hussain / Orality as History: A Study of Non-Western Communities and their Representations
2. / Jyoti Brahma and Bhaskar Jyoti Gogoi / The Oral/ Literary Transition: Bharath: An Epic of the Dungri Hill.
3. / Priyanka Kakoti / Oral Tradition, Women, and Nature: A Reading of Mamang Dai’s The Legends of Pensam and The Black Hill.
4. / Gulsan Basumatary / Storytelling Used as a Process of Historiography in Mamang Dai’s The Legends of Pensam: A Study.
5. / Debajyoti Biswas / Rationalising Proverbs in a Primative Society: Chenua Achebe’s Post-colonial Rebuttal of Euro-centric Discourse
6. / Dr. Chandrima Sen / Customs, Myths and Representation: A Study of Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s Aranyak: Of The Forest.
Technical Session-XIV, Hall-3 (GKBMB)
Topic: Oral Traditions:Customs and Beliefs
Chairperson: Dr. Ksh. Premchandra Singh, Tripura Central University
Sl. No. / Paper Presenter / Title of Paper1. / Farina Basumatary / Traditional Worldview of the Adi Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh and the Poetry of Mamang Dai: A Parallel Reading.
2. / Ash Bahadur Subba / Orality: The Animistic Limboos of Sikkim: Analytical Study.
3. / Tulan Mochahary / Marriage Customs of the Bodos.
4. / Dr. Mridula Devi / Silk Industry of Assam and its impact on its economy and culture.
5. / Sanshri Basumatary / Women- Nature Symbiosis in Bodo Folktales.
6. / Omkar Sharma / Facets of Gods in Language: A Brief Study of Bodo and Nepali Languages.
Valedictory Session: 03.40 pm – 05.00 pm
Venue: Auditorium Hall
Assamese & Bodo Presentation
Day 1: 26/05/2016
Section: Bodo
Technical Session-Group B (Two Parallel Sessions I & II)
Time: 02.35 pm – 4.25 pm (1 hr 50 mins)
Technical Session-I, Hall-3 (Bodo Study Centre)
Chair: Dr. Anil Kr. Boro
1. Women Participation in Bodo Ritual: Particular reference to Kherai: Mrs. Rupashree Hazowary, Centre for Bodo Studies, Bodoland University
2. Myths and Legends of the Boros: A Study by Dr. Bhoumik Ch. Baro. & Mr. Baneswar Baro, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar
3. A study of traditional belief of Bodo Society by Dipali kherkatary, Deptt. Of Bodo, BH College, Howly
4. Traditional Customs of the Bodos as reflected in the Novels of Chittaranjan Mushahary: With special reference to Jujaini Orr, Khither and Fulmati by Maphie Rojje Boro, Research Scholar, Deptt. of Bodo, Bodoland University
5. The traditional belief system of the Bodos and its place in the society by Indrajit Brahma, Asstt. Professor, Bijni College.
6. A Study on Traditional Healing Practices of various Health ailments using Natural Herbal Folk Medicine by the Boro Tribe of Kokrajhar District of Bodoland Territorial Council in Assam, India by Kaushalya Brahma Daimary, PhD Research Scholar, Dept. of Biotechnology, BU & Maina Narzary, PhD Research Scholar, Dept. of Assamese, BU
Technical Session-II, Hall-4 (Bodo Study Centre)
Chair: Dr. Ismail Hussain
1. Songs of Bwisagu Festival of the Bodos by Bina Basumatary, Lakshmi Basumatary, Research scholar, Department of Bodo, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar
2. Folklore and Nationalism in Boro Literature by Chittaranjam Mochahary & Rairoob Brahma, Barama College, Barama
3. The Bodo Women and Nature: As reflected in oral Literature by Gwgwm Brahma Kachary, Bijni College, Bijni
4. Magic Witchcraft and Paganism in Bodo Society by Ajwli Basumatary, Research Scholar of Folklore, Research Deptt . G.U
5. Witchcraft and Witch-hunting in Boro Society. Tarju Swargiary & Kabita Ramchiary, Dept. of Bodo, Barama College, Baksha.
Day 2: 27/05/2016
Technical Session-Group B (Two Parallel Sessions II & IV)
Time: 10.30 am – 1.30 pm (2.5 hrs)
Technical Session-III, Hall-3 (Bodo Study Centre)
Chair: Dr. Dinanath Basumatary
1. Magic, Witchcraft and Medicine: A Study of Bodo Culture by Dr. Indira Boro, Bodoland University