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Shakti and Seva: Gender and health in South Asia

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Photograph of a women with a head microphone standing at a lecturn with a laptop talks to an audience. The back of another panelist's head is out-of-focus in the foreground.
Consciousness and the Arts symposium in The Forum, Camilla Greenwell. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you’ll do

Hear from different perspectives in this discussion about the contemporary issues surrounding sex, gender and sexuality raised by our Ayurvedic Man exhibition.

Then we’ll open up to the audience for conversation. You can participate or just listen in.

About your speakers

Four speakers will take part in the discussion, facilitated by writer Sharmila Chauhan:

  • Vayu Naidu, storyteller
  • Lu Gram, global health researcher
  • Papreen Nahar, medical anthropologist
  • Monika Hirmer, PhD candidate in Religions and Philosophies at SOAS, University of London

Where we’ll be

The Studio, which accommodates about 80 seats, is on level 1. Head upstairs and follow the signs to the Studio through the Medicine Now gallery.

Dates

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Need to know

Location

We’ll be in the Studio on level 1. When you enter Wellcome Collection, head up the stairs or take the lift, then follow the signs.

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