Scholar · Practitioner · Educator

Arpit Gaind

I work with film, archives, and writing to ask who holds the camera and who keeps the record, alongside Adivasi (Indigenous) communities in Jharkhand, India.

This site gathers that work: research and teaching, writing and talks, digital humanities projects, and films made with communities.

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Arpit Gaind smiling, arms crossed, at MoMA

AboutWho I am, and everything at a glance

Women seated in a circle preparing food under a tree

ResearchAdivasi media, archives, and visual sovereignty

A workshop with young people seated on the floor around chart paper

TeachingWriting seminars and media production

Arpit Gaind speaking in a lecture hall

Writing & TalksPublications, editorial work, and presentations

Arpit Gaind in silhouette behind a video camera

Digital HumanitiesArchives and digital projects

A woman planting rice seedlings in a flooded field

Film & MediaFilms, and soon photographs, a blog, and a podcast

A hand-painted blue Adivasi home in Jharkhand

A project of its own Ways of Seeing An Adivasi (Indigenous) media archive: films, collectives, documents, and readings, with First Principles for community control. Visit the site ↗

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