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The Making of Gondwana: From Geology to History

Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Dates:15 March 2016
Times:16:00 - 17:00
What is it:Seminar
Organiser:Faculty of Life Sciences
Who is it for:University staff, Alumni, Current University students
Speaker:Pratik Chakrabarti
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This seminar is part of the CHSTM Seminar Series Feb-May 2016.

CHSTM seminars will be held fortnightly on Tuesdays at 4pm in Room 2.57 Simon Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL https://goo.gl/maps/RTFk4 with tea and biscuits from 3.30pm. All are welcome and please feel free pass this list on to interested colleagues.

‘The Making of Gondwana: From Geology to History’

This paper grapples with the multiple historical tropes of Gondwana. At once, there are the overlapping narratives of geology, anthropology and history; the ancient supercontinent Gondwanaland derived its name from the Gondwana region in India, which in turn derived its name from the tribe called the Gonds, who were often believed to the aboriginal people of India. The paper will seek to understand the consilience of the sciences of deep past here; how an anthropological category became a geological one and how a central Indian tribe came to denote a geological entity and why the search for the Gonds, the Gondwana and the Gondwanaland developed simultaneously.

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Pratik Chakrabarti

Organisation: University of Manchester

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