“… It is important to note that not much is written on this period in Indian film and media history, so I was also overwhelmed with materials. – Ishita Tiwary (Author- Video Culture in India: The Analog Era)
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Team Kitaab is in conversation with Ishita Tiwary, author of Video Culture in India: The Analog Era (OUP Oxford, 2024) where she talks about the inspiration and research behind her book.
Ishita Tiwary is Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal. Her research interests include video cultures, media infrastructures, migration, contraband media practices, and media aesthetics. She has published essays in the International Journal of Cultural Studies, JumpCut, Bioscope: South Asian Screen Studies, Post Script: Essays in Film and Humanities, Culture Machine, and MARG: Journal of Indian Art, and in edited collections on the topics of media piracy, video histories, and streaming platforms.
