'Chhapaka': Toward Online Embodiment and Discursive Shifts in Indian Dance
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| Title: | 'Chhapaka': Toward Online Embodiment and Discursive Shifts in Indian Dance |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Kaustavi Sarkar (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Dance Education. 2024 24(3):169-179. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Mass Media, Dance, Asian Culture, Shift Studies, Figurative Language, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Aesthetic Education, Self Concept, Communities of Practice, Intersectionality, Electronic Learning |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15290824.2022.2056185 |
| ISSN: | 1529-0824 2158-074X |
| Abstract: | The pandemic has forced Indian dance communities to pivot to online mediums. I investigate pandemic-induced shifts in two ways. I theorize through "Chhapaka" (a sling-shot movement involving oppositions of footwork and torso articulations) of my dancing Odissi (an eastern Indian traditional form) body, providing an embodied metaphor of transformations occurring in Indian dance through online media. I also investigate how "Darshan" (seeing), a concept important to traditional Indian dance, becomes an example of discursive shifts occurring in Indian dance. I overview digital content--choreography accompanied by verbal sharing of processes, life-styles, and concerns by Odissi practitioners--alongside my web-based pedagogical approaches instituted in higher education. I argue that the field of Indian esthetics, having been forced to grapple with loss of opportunity as well as inherent inequities, could potentially experience a discursive shift in identity. Further, I maintain that building online communities of practice expands dance studies in academia. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1435940 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The pandemic has forced Indian dance communities to pivot to online mediums. I investigate pandemic-induced shifts in two ways. I theorize through "Chhapaka" (a sling-shot movement involving oppositions of footwork and torso articulations) of my dancing Odissi (an eastern Indian traditional form) body, providing an embodied metaphor of transformations occurring in Indian dance through online media. I also investigate how "Darshan" (seeing), a concept important to traditional Indian dance, becomes an example of discursive shifts occurring in Indian dance. I overview digital content--choreography accompanied by verbal sharing of processes, life-styles, and concerns by Odissi practitioners--alongside my web-based pedagogical approaches instituted in higher education. I argue that the field of Indian esthetics, having been forced to grapple with loss of opportunity as well as inherent inequities, could potentially experience a discursive shift in identity. Further, I maintain that building online communities of practice expands dance studies in academia. |
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| ISSN: | 1529-0824 2158-074X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15290824.2022.2056185 |
