Suchitra Vijayan is the author of the critically acclaimed Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India (Context, 2021). Born and raised in Madras, India, her work has appeared in The Washington Post, GQ, The Boston Review, The Nation and Foreign Policy, and she has appeared on NBC news, BBC World Service and NPR. She is an award-winning photographer founding member and Executive Director of The Polis Project. Francesca Recchia is an independent researcher and writer. She is the editor, creative director and a founding member of The Polis Project.
Francesca lived and worked for a decade in Afghanistan where, among other things, she was the Acting Director of the Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture and the Culture Specialist for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. She is interested in the geopolitical dimension of Cultural processes and in recent years has focused her research on the relation between (tangible and intangible) heritage, politics and creative practices in countries in conflict. Her practice-based work is grounded on an interdisciplinary approach that combines heritage, design, visual and cultural studies.
