Who Owns Public Culture After an Uprising?
After an uprising, culture often carries what politics cannot. This essay explores how music, festivals, clothing, and public joy become contested sites in post-uprising Bangladesh.
After an uprising, culture often carries what politics cannot. This essay explores how music, festivals, clothing, and public joy become contested sites in post-uprising Bangladesh.
Originally published in New Age. Reposted for archival and academic use. Our very own science fiction writer Humayun Ahmed (1992) wrote several stories hinting the development of artificial intelligence. Fiha Samikaron or Equation Fiha is a story about the complex relationship between humans and the highly developed Mentalist species. They can read people’s thoughts and can control…