From:
Sebastian Rodrigues <sebydesiolim@gmail.com> Date:
17 Oct 2007 25Oct[d]SAIP Goa
workshop invitation
Dear Friends,
Movements
related tribal rights all over India are in the process of publishing a
consolidated reference book about the Status of Adivasis and Indigenous
People (SAIP) in India.
In Goa
too there are Adivasis and the Study is being prepared. The draft is ready and for the
wider discussion a two days workshop is being planned in Goa on Saturday -
Sunday, November 24-25, 2007 in
Panjim at Caritas Hallfrom 10.00am to
5.00pm.
The
workshop is organised MAND, An adivasi-rights resource centre, an initiative of
Gawda, Kunbi, Velip, and Dhangar Federation (GAKUVED), in collaboration
with Nature, Environment, Society and Transformations (NEST).
The
collaboration is with the background that NEST has played very crucial role since 2004 in
the evolution of MAND and the ideological direction towards
focus on land issues on the past of GAKUVED.
The
draft two full days programme will consists of the following discussion sessions:
1.
Introduction of SAIP study project 2.
Visual description of MAND evolution 3. Goa
Study: Pre-Portuguese situation of tribes in Goa 4. Goa
Study: Tribes under Portuguese colonial Period 5. Goa
Study: Tribes after 1961 liberation 6.
Planning ahead: Crafting networks for tribal empowerment in Goa
Participants
are expected to have read the draft Goa report and offer critical comments
on any of the themes of the study during the workshop. In case
participants want to send in their written comments in advance you are welcome to do so.
In case
you need the copy of the draft study, please let me know at the earliest. We have
arranged for 50 participants totally. Please confirm your participation by
October 25, 2007.
There
is no participation fee and lunch and refreshments will be provided by the organizers.
Staying arrangement for 10 outstation participants have been made at Conference
venue itself. We are however not in a position to provide for travel
allowances.
Kindly
pass on this invite to those you think will be interested.
Do get
in touch with me either on this e-mail : mandgoa@gmail.com or on my mobile:
09923336347.
