Sanjha Punjab – United Punjab: Exploring Composite Culture in a New Zealand Punjabi Film Documentary

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aut.filerelease.date2021-01-07
aut.relation.issue2en_NZ
aut.relation.journalSites: a journal of social anthropology and cultural studiesen_NZ
aut.relation.volume16en_NZ
aut.researcherBrown Pulu, Teena
dc.contributor.authorBrown Pulu, TJen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorMukhtar, Aen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Hen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-07T02:57:04Z
dc.date.available2020-01-07T02:57:04Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the third author’s positionality as the researcher and storyteller of a PhD documentary film that will be shot in New Zealand, Pakistan, and North India. Adapting insights from writings on Punjab’s composite culture, the film will begin by framing the Christchurch massacre at two mosques on 15 March 2019 as an emotional trigger for bridging Punjabi migrant communities in South Auckland, prompting them to reimagine a pre-partition setting of “Sanjha Punjab” (United Punjab). Asim Mukhtar’s identity as a Punjabi Muslim from Pakistan connects him to the Punjabi Sikhs of North India. We use Asim’s words, experiences, and diary to explore how his insider role as a member of these communities positions him as the subject of his research. His subjectivity and identity then become sense-making tools for validating Sanjha Punjab as an enduring storyboard of Punjabi social memory and history that can be recorded in this documentary film.
dc.identifier.citationSites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, 16(2).
dc.identifier.doi10.11157/sites-id445en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn0112-5990en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1179-0237en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/13079
dc.publisherUniversity of Otago Libraryen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttps://sites.otago.ac.nz/Sites/article/view/445
dc.rightsDelayed Open Access. The contents of this journal will be available in an open access format 12 month(s) after an issue is published.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectSanjha Punjab; United Punjab; Composite culture; Punjabis; Pakistani; Hindustani; Muslims; Sikhs; South Auckland
dc.titleSanjha Punjab – United Punjab: Exploring Composite Culture in a New Zealand Punjabi Film Documentaryen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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