Durga Kale is a PhD Candidate at the University of Calgary and her doctoral thesis looks at the Sacred Landscape along the west coast of India (Konkan, in particular). Her work intersects ethnographic, anthropological and literary studies. With her background in archaeology, her work and curatorial experience in material culture contributes to her research.
“Kalemighty” is a place for her blogs and other activities in academic research. The site is created with a view to build on her intent to bring academic equity and to help find byways to reduce academic gate-keeping. Durga’s blogs are based on various themes along with hyperlinks to the material from museums across the world and additional reading suggestions.
Please free to use the resources or get in touch with Durga at:
dkalemighty at gmail dot com
Academic activities
Striving to connect the relevant strands between the academic and non-academic sources of study through cultural studies. We are here not to critique, but to develop open dialogues around the study of culture – past and present.
2021
Panelist on the Religion Roundtable at “Indian Ocean World Conference” organised by University of Virginia
Paper presentation at 2021 Annual Conference of the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) . Paper presented: “Patita”, the fallen : Oral and literary narratives of the fallen villages in Konkan (Western India)“
Upcoming: Guest lecture on “Mahatmya literature on Konkan”, as a part of the course on Sthala-Mahatmya literature at Mumbai University. (October 23, 2021)
Upcoming: Guest lecture on “Concept of afterlife in Hinduism with special focus on the material culture associated with the rite of Sati” (October 26, 2021)
