Approaches to Kerala
Exploring Expressive Culture through Different Mediums
Overview
This site exhibits the work of NYU Abu Dhabi students in the course Tradition and Transition in Kerala (January 2025). Through ethnographic experiments and multisensory data collection, we explore how heritage and ritual reveal social change, while contemporary art and architecture reflect deep histories.
Methods
Credits
Course Instructors
Prof. Samuel Mark Anderson
Prof. Neelima Jayachandran
Travel and Logistics
Anna Rygielska
Lalan Mon C A
Students
Khater Abdelrahman
Sayda Abusalih
Alia Almuhairi
Shahad Alsaqqaf
Soyuj Jung Basnet
Bipana Bastola
Timothy Chiu
Mustafa Diri
Noor Haddad
Dinobi Ibegbu
Sashank Neupane
Yumi Omori
Luka Salkovic
Sungyun Sohn
Carlota Suarez Rochard
Website Development
Sashank Neupane
Soyuj Jung Basnet
Bipana Bastola
Yumi Omori
Khater Abdelrahman
Special Thanks
Carol Brandt, Gloria Spittel, Rae Harker, and NYUAD Global Learning
A.K. Beerankutty, Noushad Yoosef, and the Kerala Social Centre Abu Dhabi
Prof. Jisha Kalyani, and the School of Folklore Studies, University of Calicut
Prof. P.P. Abdul Razak
Hema Seetharam, DEZIGN KSHETR
Murali Panicker
Balakrishnan Peruvannan
The Thekkan Kariyathan Temple Committee
Dr. Ajmal Mueen M.A.
Guru Yasir Kurikkal, Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi
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