Magazine of the South Asian American Digital Archive

Notes Toward a Prehistory

JULY 16, 2020 by Gaiutra Bahadur

Caught between binaries, barred by anti-Asian exclusion laws, did some West Indians of Indian origin claim Blackness in early 20th-century America? Archival Creators Fellow, Gaiutra Bahadur finds cases in the archives that invite the question.

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Hyper Education

MAY 19, 2020 by Pawan Dhingra

The next installment of SAADA's "In the Mix: Conversations with Creators" series with Professor and author, Pawan Dhingra, discussing his new book, Hyper Education (2020).

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The Storytellers in the Mandir

APRIL 6, 2020 by Gaiutra Bahadur

An oral history project creates a space for Indo-Caribbean womxn to confide and contend across generations

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Hiding in Plain Sight

MARCH 31, 2020 by Dhanya Addanki

Archival Creators Fellow Dhanya Addanki questions the politics of visibility, and the proclivity towards invisibility in the Dalit community. Her project centers the liberation of the Dalit community and the work being done by community members.

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Tides is SAADA's online magazine.
By connecting the past to our understanding of the present, Tides provides unique voices and insight into the diversity of experiences in the South Asian American community.

Editorial Collective
Chandani Patel
J. Daniel Elam
Pawan Dhingra
Philip Deslippe
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