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Collaborative Cultural Anthropology: Workshop “Cereal Cultures in Odisha”

Photo: Dr. Sanjaya Kumar Sarangi

As part of the close collaboration between researchers from three universities and research institutions in India (Utkal University), the Netherlands (University of Groningen) and Germany (Frobenius Institute at Goethe University), a workshop on “Cereal Cultures in Odisha” was held on the 10th of February, 2023 in Bhubaneswar, India.

In the presence of the Vice-Chancellor of Utkal University, Prof. Dr. Sabita Acharya, the first results of the joint research on the changing significance and handling of rice and millet were presented. The event also aimd to bring together participating scientists with government officials, NGOs and entrepreneurs to jointly discuss key issues related to the UN Year of Millet 2023. Plans were also discussed for the establishment of a shared archive for grain collected during the field research. A highlight was the ceremonial launch of the joint homepage, which will inform the public about the ongoing research projects: https://cerealcultures.wordpress.com/

More information about the workshop can be found here.

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Berger & Cappers Mercator Visiting Professors in Frankfurt, March-June 2023

As part of the Cereal Cultures cooperation and the DFG project From ‘poor man’s food’ to ‘nutri-cereals Peter Berger and René Cappers visited the Frobenius Institute as Visiting Professors between March and June 2023. This enabled intensive discussions between the members of the Cereal Cultures network and included some highlights such as a book launch and the opening of an exhibition. 

More information can be found here.

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Indhubala

Gallery on Rice in India: Indhubala

Fieldwork photographs taken by Indhubala Kesavan, researching for her project “A preliminary account on the socio-historic aspects in the making of the ‘rice bowl’ of Odisha”.

Fieldwork Phase 1:

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Suneet

Gallery on Rice in India: Suneet

Fieldwork photographs taken by Suneet Kumat, researching for his project “Usage of Rice in Rituals and Meaning-Making of the ‘socio-cosmic’ World of Jodia Poraja”.

Fieldwork Phase 1:

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Nidhi

Gallery on Millets in India: Nidhi

Fieldwork photographs taken by Nidhi Trivedi, researching for her project “Locating the Parenga in their Everyday”.

Research Phase 1

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Togzhan

Gallery on Wheat in Kazakstan: Togzhan

Fieldwork photographs taken by Togzhan Utetileuova, researching for her project “Not far from the Soviet Union: the pursuit of perfect (hybrid)seeds and reindustrialization in North Kazakhstan’s wheat fields”.

Research Phase 1:

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Cereal Cultures Workshop in Groningen, 30.09-01.10.2022

During the autumn workshop in Groningen 2022 preliminary research results were discussed among the international team members of the Cereal Cultures network. Moreover, the next stage of research was planned and the development of the knowledge dissemination tools discussed, such as the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) and the making of a documentary film about our Cereal Cultures in Odisha, India.

Further information about the program and participants can be found here.

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“Towards collaborative research on cereal cultures in South Asia”

The panel “Towards collaborative research on cereal cultures in South Asia” by Roland Hardenberg (Frobenius-Institute, Goethe University Frankfurt, DE), Peter Berger (Institute of Indian Studies, University of Groningen, NL), and Sofia Filatova (Groningen Institue of Archaeology, University of Groningen, NL) has been accepted for the 27th European Conference of South Asian Studies (ECSAS) of the European Association of South Asian Studies (EASAS).

The ECSAS conference on “Building Sustainable Research Networks” will take place in Turin, Italy from 26th to 29th of July, 2023.

Further information can be found on the panel’s official ECSAS page.

Source: Frobenius Institute, Photo: Suneet Kumar
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Goethe University and Utkal University join forces to promote millets

The Cereal Cultures Project was recently featured in regional Indian news outlets following a conference at Utkal University, in which Prof. Roland Hardenberg visited Utkal University as a representative of Germany’s Goethe University, Frankfurt.

The articles, one of which is published in Odia, can be found here:

Odisha Bytes article

MyCityLinks article

m.sambade paper article (Odia language)

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30.09.-01.10.2022 Workshop “Cereal Cultures”



This workshop serves as an event for the researchers of the Cereal Cultures network to present their most recent research and fieldwork findings and provide an update on their ongoing individual and collaborative projects. It also aims to facilitate discussion to plan the further execution of the project, such as future collaboration, publications, or the execution of the International Year of Millets 2023, amongst other topics. It will be hosted at the University of Groningen.

The official flyer for the workshop which includes a detailed presentation schedule can be found here.