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Subthiga M Shared Tides© Goethe-Institut / CPB

About the Project

The lens project "Ikkaraiyum Akkaraiyum" aims to bridge the past and present of Sri Lankan repatriates, documenting their experiences and facilitating public engagement. Through collaboration and a multimodal approach, the project seeks to explore the present everyday life of Sri Lankan repatriates and how it relates to their host land.


Artist Bio

M. Subthiga is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Humanities and  Social Sciences, IIT Madras. Her research focuses on the photographic memories of Sri Lankan refugees in India. She holds an MPhil in Communication and an  M.A. in Journalism and Communication from the University of Madras, India. She has seven years of experience teaching photography and film studies to visual  communication students. Her research interests include investigating the  intersections of photography with culture and memory, with a focus on personal  and family photograph albums.

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