Micah Alex
I engage with LLNaF through small makings, small conversations, and small observations.
People
We, from various backgrounds such as artists, writers, academics, activists, community leaders, share a deep love for the places we are from. Hailing from Bidar, Bengaluru, Channapatna, Kundapura and Chennai, we are proud to get a chance to learn from these places again along with you.
Our Fellows
Eeshita Kapadiya
I am an artist that works across media including video, sound and performative actions – the form and materials often emerge in conversation with my inquiries.
Vinay Kumar Malge
My work draws from more than 12 years of experience as a Social worker, communication skills trainer, and public pedagogy practitioner across various aspects in Bidar city and the district.
Vidya HP
I am a professional Social Worker specializing in community development, with a passion for learning through practice and active engagement with communities.
Supriya Nandgouli
I am from Bidar, a region rich in heritage, community history, and vibrant art and craft traditions. My learning interests lie in exploring how place-based knowledge can be preserved, shared, and transformed into opportunities for local communities.
Shreyas Srivatsa
I am a transdisciplinary learner, educator, researcher and practitioner with an interest in infrastructuring place-based knowledge systems and community-driven learning processes.
Sangeetha Rajapandian
My work spans across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, where I have been involved in various community-based research initiatives. I started as a development researcher in my early years and now in the process of becoming a transdisciplinary one.
Abhishek Patil
I am an Environmental Anthropologist and Policy-Development practitioner with interests in conservation, sustainability, agroecology, food systems, and climate-environment policy with focus on social and environmental justice.
Naveen Bagalkot
I am driven by learning about and understanding how a certain practice has come to be in a place, and the work and labour that goes into evolving a practice into a form of knowledge.
Harshawardhan Rathod
I’m an Agrarian and Learner. My engagement with the network began in 2021 as a learner, a resource person and as a maintainer. My work draws from four years of experience as a researcher, practitioner and educator across multiple disciplines.
Eshwari R
Writing is wrestling with language and on most days, I do this wrestling, to see what it reveals but mostly to understand what all it conceals. I am drawn to the slow acts of observing, recording, and archiving.
Abhiram Jois
Manic mediocre maker and alliteration admirer working as a creative technologist inspired by anything creative and anything technology. My practice lies in working with communities to make, break, use, question, critique and create with technology.
Adhavan Sivaraj
I work with photographs, media, maps in various forms. They become vessels, tools and the outcomes themselves as I learn about places, histories, technologies and sarkari realities.
Archit Dhiman
I am an interdependent and anti-disciplinary learner. My work revolves around making environments, technologies or mediums for information, experiences and often, dreams.
Our Facilitators
Raj Kunche
Raj Kunche is a young experimental farmer from Kamthana, Bidar. He is trained martial arts and activist.
Shambulinga Waldoddi
Shambulinga Waldoddi is a Kannada writer, poet, singer, theatre performer, and activist, fondly remembered as the nightingale of Bidar.