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"Images of India: Call to Action"

Location: Case Center: Case Gallery

Date:
10/04/2012 - 10/11/2012

Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Description:
The opening event for "Images of India: Call to Action," will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 at Case Center Gallery. The exhibition displays a collection of student photography by fourth and fifth grade children from the Okhla slum of New Delhi, India.

After receiving a Skidmore SEE-Beyond Award to teach slum children at the nonprofit, Project WHY, International Affairs and History double-major David Schlenker '13 realized that old methods of teaching English were no longer an option to solve our current global problems. He decided to take his students out of the two-room brick school atop a trash dump and put agency in the learning process back in the hands of his students. The students used photography as a lens to examine their lives from a new perspective while learning English in a context that made sense in their lives. The result is a set of photographs that reveals a different story than what Western audiences might read in newspapers or watch on TV.

Upon return to Skidmore, Schlenker partnered with the Office of the First Year Experience to draw a unique connection between his work, and the similar stories told in this year’s freshman reading selection, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers," by Katherine Boo. The exhibit exposes a new perspective on the stories Boo portrays in her Pulizer Prize-winning book based on her work with slum children in Mumbai. The images further act as a call to action for students to use creative, interdisciplinary solutions to make significant, feasible change.

Sponsor:
First-Year Experience

Contact:
David Schlenker
857-636-8480

Attendance Info: "Images of India: Call to Action" will run at Skidmore College from Oct. 4 until October 10 in the Case Gallery in Case Center.

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