TRACK B
Arts & Cultural Experiences.
Twelve sessions told as one story, with equal Indian and international voices.
DH-689 · ARTS & CULTURAL EXPERIENCES
IN SHORT
What does Track B cover?
Track B — Arts & Cultural Experiences — runs from 19 to 21 May 2027 across twelve sessions. Eight classical forms and countless folk ones carry history in movement. How do they stay alive, and new?
THE STORY
Twelve chapters.
DH-690 · BODIES THAT REMEMBER: DANCE AS LIVING HISTORY SCENE
B01 · 19 MAY · 11:15 · AUD 2
Bodies That Remember: dance as living history
Eight classical forms and countless folk ones carry history in movement. How do they stay alive, and new?
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DH-691 · THE RAGA AND THE RECORD: MUSIC, ARCHIVE AND REPERTOIRE SCENE
B02 · 19 MAY · 12:45 · AUD 2
The Raga and the Record: music, archive and repertoire
Who owns a melody passed down for centuries? Archives, labels and families in conversation.
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DH-692 · STRINGS ACROSS THE WORLD: THE JUGALBANDI AS A METHOD SCENE
B03 · 19 MAY · 14:45 · AUD 2
Strings Across the World: the jugalbandi as a method
Collaborations that respect each tradition — and what makes them work, not just sound good.
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DH-693 · STRINGS, SHADOWS AND STAGES: THEATRE AND PUPPETRY REIMAGINED SCENE
B04 · 19 MAY · 16:00 · AUD 2
Strings, Shadows and Stages: theatre and puppetry reimagined
Kathputli, tholu bommalata and contemporary theatre meet the world’s great puppet makers.
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DH-694 · WOVEN WORLDS: TEXTILE HERITAGE FROM LOOM TO LUXURY SCENE
B05 · 20 MAY · 11:15 · AUD 2
Woven Worlds: textile heritage from loom to luxury
India’s handloom is the world’s richest. Who earns when it becomes luxury?
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DH-695 · THE HAND IS THE FUTURE: CRAFT, LIVELIHOOD AND DESIGN SCENE
B06 · 20 MAY · 12:45 · AUD 2
The Hand Is the Future: craft, livelihood and design
Craft as the next design economy — with makers as authors, not suppliers.
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DH-696 · TONGUES OF FIRE: LITERATURE, LANGUAGE AND ORAL MEMORY SCENE
B07 · 20 MAY · 14:45 · AUD 2
Tongues of Fire: literature, language and oral memory
Twenty-two scheduled languages and hundreds more. How do stories survive translation and time?
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DH-697 · THE THALI IS AN ARCHIVE: FOOD, FESTIVAL AND THE LIVING CALENDAR SCENE
B08 · 20 MAY · 16:00 · AUD 2
The Thali Is an Archive: food, festival and the living calendar
Recipes, rituals and harvests as heritage — and as India’s most loved export.
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DH-698 · FESTIVALS THAT TRAVEL SCENE
B09 · 21 MAY · 11:15 · AUD 2
Festivals That Travel
From Hornbill to Jaipur Literature Festival, how Indian festivals go global and stay rooted.
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DH-699 · THE NEXT GHARANA: YOUNG MASTERS AND NEW AUDIENCES SCENE
B10 · 21 MAY · 12:45 · AUD 2
The Next Gharana: young masters and new audiences
Under-30 practitioners on reaching audiences without losing depth.
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DH-700 · HERITAGE IN PIXELS: AI, XR AND THE ETHICS OF THE COPY SCENE
B11 · 21 MAY · 14:45 · AUD 2
Heritage in Pixels: AI, XR and the ethics of the copy
When a temple can be scanned and a voice cloned, what must never be copied?
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DH-701 · FILM, ARCHIVE AND RESTORATION: INDIA’S MOVING MEMORY SCENE
B12 · 21 MAY · 16:00 · AUD 2
Film, Archive and Restoration: India’s moving memory
Film heritage is vanishing faster than any other. Who is saving it?
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