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DESCRIPTION:This event is co-sponsored by the Center for South Asia\, the A
 bbasi Program in Islamic Studies\, and the Center for African Studies.\n\nA
 bout the speaker\nNidhi Mahajan is Associate Professor of Anthropology at t
 he University of California-Santa Cruz. Her first book Moorings: Voyages of
  Capital across the Indian Ocean was published by UC Press in June 2025. Sh
 e has also published in journals such as Comparative Studies of South Asia\
 , Africa\, and the Middle East\, Monsoon\, History of the Present\, and Isl
 and Studies Journal. As a practising multi-media artist\, her work has been
  shown at Khoj Studios\, Delhi\; The Sharjah Architecture Triennial\; Hayy 
 Jameel in Jeddah\; Fort Jesus Museum\, Mombasa\; Macondo Literary Festival\
 , and Alliance Francaise\, Nairobi\; the Diriyah Biennale in Riyadh amongst
  other venues. \n\nAbout the book\nMoorings follows sailors from the Gulf o
 f Kachchh in India as they voyage across the Indian Ocean on mechanized woo
 den sailing vessels known as vahans\, or dhows. These voyages produce capit
 al through moorings that are spatial\, moral\, material\, and conceptual. W
 ith a view from the dhow\, the book examines the social worlds of Muslim se
 afarers who have been rendered invisible even as they maneuver multiple reg
 ulatory regimes and the exigencies of life\, navigating colonialism\, neoli
 beralism\, the rise of Hindutva\, insurgency\, climate change\, and border 
 regimes across the ocean. Based on historical and ethnographic research abo
 ard ships\, at ports\, and in religious shrines and homes\, Moorings shows 
 how capitalism derives value from historically sedimented practices grounde
 d in caste\, gender\, and transregional community-based forms of regulation
 .
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SUMMARY:Moorings: Voyages of Capital across the Indian Ocean
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