Interview - Dr. Arshiya Sethi on SADI - Shveta Arora

A novel might be just a story till literary analysis refracts it to reveal its influences, context and interpretative potential. Similarly, scholarship in dance can turn its beautiful practice from an aesthetic discipline into an exploration of our world - its geography, history, culture and even its politics. Hence, even though it is not required, it might be beneficial for practitioners to write about their discipline academically, to plan analyses, research their perspectives and use rigorous academic requirements to develop the habit of scholarship.

SADI (South Asian Dance Intersections) is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal housed at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, USA, that provides a space for recognized academic writing on dance by anyone in South Asia, in any South Asian language. Its acronym is also a Punjabi word that means 'ours'. Its editorial board, which also includes its founders, consists of Dr. Rohini Acharya, Oberlin College, Ohio; Dr. Anurima Banerji, University of California, Los Angeles; Dr. Pallabi Chakravorty, Swarthmore College; Dr. Ananya Chatterjea, University of Minnesota; Sheema Kirmani, independent activist-scholar from Pakistan; Lubna Marium, A Center for Advancement of South Asian Culture; Dr. Sarah Morelli, University of Denver; Dr. Rumya Putcha, University of Georgia; Dr. Urmimala Sarkar, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Kaustavi Sarkar, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Dr. Yashoda Thakore, guest faculty, Dance University of Silicon Andhra, California; Dr. Aishika Chakraborty, director, Women's Studies, Jadavpur University. 

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