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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute’s South Asia Center presents Sue Wadley\
 , professor emerita\, Syracuse Univeristy.In the Mithila region of norther
 n Bihar\, Mithila paintings are now done by two distinct communities—those
  of the upper castes (especially Brahman and Kayastha) and those by the Da
 lits\, especially Paswan day laborers.&nbsp\; In this talk\, Sue Wadley ex
 plores the distinct cultural and social worlds in which these two communit
 ies live while sharing a common village community. Particular focus is pai
 d to how these two communities present ideas of nature as elements of thei
 r cultural distinctions and shared spaces mingle to produce two distinct a
 rt forms.Susan Wadley is a professor emeritus of anthropology whose work h
 as focused on rural India for more than 60 years.&nbsp\; Inspired by the S
 U Art Museum’s collection of Mithila art\, since the early 2000s\, she has
  both added to the collection and explored the cultural and social worlds 
 of the artists.
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SUMMARY:Susan Wadley | Mithila Art and Nature: Two Worlds\, Two Views
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan Institute’s South Asia Center 
 presents Sue Wadley\, professor emerita\, Syracuse Univeristy.</p><p><span
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 white-space: inherit">In the Mithila region of northern Bihar\, Mithila pa
 intings are now done by two distinct communities—those of the upper castes
  (especially Brahman and Kayastha) and those by the Dalits\, especially Pa
 swan day laborers.&nbsp\; In this talk\, Sue Wadley explores the distinct 
 cultural and social worlds in which these two communities live while shari
 ng a common village community. Particular focus is paid to how these two c
 ommunities present ideas of nature as elements of their cultural distincti
 ons and shared spaces mingle to produce two distinct art forms.</span></p>
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  auto\; white-space: inherit">Susan Wadley</strong><span style="background
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 m: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inher
 it"> is a professor emeritus of anthropology whose work has focused on rur
 al India for more than 60 years.&nbsp\; Inspired by the SU Art Museum’s co
 llection of Mithila art\, since the early 2000s\, she has both added to th
 e collection and explored the cultural and social worlds of the artists.</
 span></p>
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