Topic : Media representation of migrant workers: A critical analysis Facilitator: Dr. Ram Bhat , Co-founder, Maraa & Visiting fellow, London School of Economics
The screening of the acclaimed documentary, “A Pestering Journey” followed by a riveting talk and discussion with the director, K.R. Manoj, at VMFT stirred many uncomfortable questions about modern society and its claims of economic and social progress. Moderated by Dr. Fathima Nizaruddin, the discussion covered the themes of the documentary, the motivations of the...Read More
People from teens to 60s are now ready to make their own documentaries. Visuals have always had a greater capacity to inspire, influence, inform, and motivate people than most other media. How do you document a video in the best way to tell a story? In the 3-day documentary workshop conducted by Swadeshabhimani Media Study...Read More
Two seminars were organized by the University of Tubingen and the Oxford Department of International Development (University of Oxford) on June 6 and June 9, respectively, on the contributions of Vakkom Moulavi and the celebrated newspaper Svadesabhimani which he launched. These events were important milestones in raising his profile amongst international researchers and bringing his...Read More
14 Crisp and Brief Talks in 45 minutes Vakkom Moulavi Foundation Trust organised ‘Kaleidoscope Talks’ for college students across Kerala on 26 May 2023 at the Trust Hall. These were brief talks of 3 minutes duration using visual aids on the topic “Social Impacts of New Technologies”. Prof. Achuthsankar S. Nair, Dept.of Computational Biology &...Read More
Is the earliest known form of documentary cave painting? As he was discussing the background of documentaries, Amudhan R.P. posed this question to the audience. Undoubtedly, cave paintings serve as documentation of the events that took place. Therefore, the history of documentaries begins with cave paintings, followed by ancient paintings, modern paintings, and photographs. Now,...Read More
A consultation meeting was jointly organized by VMFT and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on 16th February 2023 at VMFT Hall, Thekkummood with the aim to design a series of education seminars on the topic ‘Perspectives for Kerala’s School Education – Shaping a Future with Social Justice. Tata Institute of Social Sciences or TISS,...Read More
More than 80 undergraduate and postgraduate students attended two workshops organized by the Swadeshabhimani Media Study Centre of the VMFT on 25-26 November, 2022. The workshops critically examined the methods used by the mainstream media to shape public opinion, using the representation of migrant workers during the COVID-19 crisis as an example. Dr. Ram Bhat,...Read More
At a function organized at the K.M. Bashir Memorial Hall by VMFT, Sri. V. N. Vasavan, Hon. Minister for Culture, Co-operation, and Registration released the Multilingual booklet on the life and times of Vakkom Moulavi, as well as “Media under the Lens, a research study report on the representation of migrant workers in regional media...Read More
The 15th K. M. Bashir Memorial Lecture and presentation of 4th Vakkom Moulavi Foundation Trust’s ‘Professor N. A. Karim Award for Outstanding Public Service’ (comprising of Rupees One lakh in cash, citation and memento) was done by Prof. V. K. Ramachandran, Vice Chairperson,Kerala State Planning Board at 4.00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at...Read More
