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<div>Friends, pl. see below and attached a letter to relevant
institutions to withdraw from holding the 2023 World Congress of
Anthropology at the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences
(Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India), termed by many local and national
level adivasi activists as a 'factory school'. For further
endorsements, pl. go to:<a
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrxne92dO5z_NHCiC0jvfs-aJntqTam1pi-X342hslYWvPxA/viewform"
target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrxne92dO5z_NHCiC0jvfs-aJntqTam1pi-X342hslYWvPxA/viewform</a></div>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Copied here are Sharanya Nayak
and Rajaraman Sundaresan, activists who originated the petition,
in case anyone wants further details/clarifications. For this, pl.
don't write back to full lists. <br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">thanks <br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Ashish<br>
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<td>Fwd: Re: Request you to be the lead petitioners to
IUAES, World Congress of Anthropology</td>
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<td>Fri, 3 Jul 2020 20:20:37 +0530</td>
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<td>Ashish Kothari
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ashishkotharialternative@gmail.com"><ashishkotharialternative@gmail.com></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:koizumi@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp">koizumi@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:smp_du@yahoo.com">smp_du@yahoo.com</a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vcuu@rediffmail.com">vcuu@rediffmail.com</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:behera.dk@suniv.ac.in">behera.dk@suniv.ac.in</a></td>
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<td>Meenal Tatpati <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:meenaltatpati01@gmail.com"><meenaltatpati01@gmail.com></a>, Ashish
Kothari <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ashishkothari@riseup.net"><ashishkothari@riseup.net></a>, Shruti Ajit
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:shrutiajit16@gmail.com"><shrutiajit16@gmail.com></a></td>
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<p>To: <br>
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<p><b><span>1.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><b>Prof Junji Koizumi, President of IUAES
– </b><a href="mailto:koizumi@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp"
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><b>koizumi@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp</b></a><b><span></span></b></p>
<p><span><b><span>2.<span style="font:7pt "Times New
Roman""> </span></span></b></span><b>Prof
Soumendra Mohan Patnaik, Vice-Chancellor Utkal University
& Ex-President, Indian Anthropological Association - </b><a
href="mailto:smp_du@yahoo.com"
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">smp_du@yahoo.com</a><span><span> </span></span>/
<a href="mailto:vcuu@rediffmail.com"
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">vcuu@rediffmail.com</a><span><b><span></span></b></span></p>
<p><b><span>3.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></b><b>Prof Deepak Kumar Behera,
Vice-Chancellor, Sambalpur University - </b><a
href="mailto:behera.dk@suniv.ac.in"
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">behera.dk@suniv.ac.in</a></p>
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<p>Dear Prof. Koizumi, Prof. Patnaik, and Prof. Behera, <br>
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<p>this is with regard to IUAES's World Congress of Anthropology
2023, proposed to be hosted by Kalinga Institute of Social
Sciences (KISS) in Odisha, India. <br>
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<p>I would like to draw your kind attention to the attached
petition urging you to dissociate from KISS, given its
regressive record and orientation towards adivasi education,
which disrespects the enormous wisdom and knowledge of these
communities, and imposes homogenous, mainstream ideas. The
petition gives further details of the seriously flawed and
dangerous approach that KISS takes towards education.
Additionally, it points to the ironic fact that this institution
is funded by mining companies including those whose activities
have threatened to displace adivasi populations from their
traditional homes, apart from causing immense ecological
devastation. <br>
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<p>As you will notice, the petition has been endorsed by some of
India's most well-known and respected adivasi (and non-adivasi)
scholars, activists, and organisations, several civil society
and movement groups, as also a number of scholars and activists
from outside India who have worked closely with adivasi
communities in India. <br>
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<p>We hope to receive your considered response to this petition, <br>
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<p>thank you, sincerely, <br>
</p>
<p>Ashish <br>
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<p>(Ashish Kothari)<br>
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<p>(on behalf of the signatories to the petition)<br>
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