Towards Inclusive Collectives, Communities and Cultures
The birds that herald dreams Were exiled from their song, Give some tree the gift of
green again. Let one bird sing. —— Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Formally registered in 1976, over the past four decades of its existence SIEDS (Society for Informal Education and Development Studies) has been a unique experiment in collective politics and functioning.Addressing core concerns related to human dignity and rights; social harmony, transformative and constitutional justice; decentralised democracies and holistic development SIEDS has attempted to respond to multiple issues like that of gender violence, class, caste, religious and ethnic conflicts and environmental destruction even while facilitating access to basic entitlements for the rural and urban poor.
Weaving responsive activism with reflective analysis and a rooted aesthetics, the search has been for more inclusive and creative political imaginations and communities rooted in diverse vernacular cultures and humane global politics.
CINEMA
We believe that the medium of film is one of the most effective media to sensitise us to critical events and issues cutting across divides of class
CONVERSATIONS
Conversations is an initiative evolving from the CIEDS collective where The arts (performance arts, dance, painting, theatre), evolve from communities and schools.
ACTION RESEARCH
Action research is a methodology that enables us to weave our interventions and activism with analysis and reflections rooted in the communities
ABOUT US
Welcome to Sieds
“Were it not for shadows there would be no beauty.” —–Junichiro Tanizaki
Currently the programmatic priorities of CIEDS Collective, are woven around four interrelated focus areas with the core values of justice, dignity, equality and peace as cross cutting themes:
Rebuilding inclusive communities with the continuing focus on gender, youth, social justice and social harmony. The attempt is also to mobilise the community towards strengthening public systems related to health, food, education, local governance and sustainable livelihoods. The approach is to support the formation of self organised groups of women, youth, tribals, transgenders, sexual minorities, sex workers, women workers in the unorganised sector and women farmers who would work towards accessing their own basic rights and entitlements.
Core Programmes
They tried to bury us. They did not know we were seeds! Mexican proverb
Gender
They tried to bury us. They did not know we were seeds! —–Mexican proverb
Action Research
Action research is a methodology that enables us to weave our interventions and activism with analysis and reflections rooted in the communities.
Cinema
We believe that the medium of film is one of the most effective media to sensitise us to critical events and issues cutting across divides of class
New Intervention
Since 2020, we have been engaging in responding to the crisis of the COVID pandemic at several levels during and after the second waves.
Conversations
Conversations is an initiative evolving from the CIEDS collective where The arts (performance arts, dance, painting, theatre).
Research and Documentation
Some of the senior members given their years of experience and perceived “expertise” in the field of particularly gender and women’s.
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Action Research
Action research is a methodology that enables us to weave our interventions and activism with analysis
Independent Consultancies in Research and Documentation
Since 2020, we have been engaging in responding to the crisis of the COVID pandemic at