Partnerships
Whilst the MAP Academy produces content in-house, we often work with a range of partners and collaborators to diversify our perspectives to help us enrich our content and reach new audiences.
Below you will find information on our partners and collaborators. If you work with arts or research-based institutions or schools, universities and educators, and would like to discuss working with us, please contact our Head of Outreach, Shivani Gandhi, at shivani.gandhi@map-india.org.
Project Partners
Art, Resources and Teaching Trust (A.R.T)
We work on an online course focussing on the History of Craft with A.R.T, a non-profit organisation that runs a public art library, conducts independent research projects and teaches and advises university students and the general public. It is run by art historians, Dr Annapurna Garimella and Sindhura Manjunath, who author the Course.
Anuvad Samvad
We work with Anuvad Samvad to translate written materials from our Stories and Encyclopedia of Art into Hindi. These translations allow us to reach wider audiences and introduce them to engaging stories and subjects surrounding South Asian art histories, and form a part of one of our long-term goals to make our work accessible to those across the region who don’t read or speak English.
Flow India
The MAP Academy and the education and culture organisation, Flow India work on an online course on Visual Literacy. This aims to not only provide younger learners not only with an entry point into the broader discipline of art history, but to also empower them with essential 21st century skills.
India Lost & Found
We partner with India Lost & Found (ILF), who provide high-resolution photographs that help us to illustrate articles on built heritage sites. Founded by the photographer Amrit Pasricha, ILF aims to bring visibility and awareness to lesser-known sites in the Indian Subcontinent through documentation and workshops.
Microsoft
As a knowledge partner, with Microsoft and MAP, we have helped build an AI-led interface, INTERWOVEN, that makes connections between South Asian textiles and art from around the world. Our contributions to this project have included model-training, the selection of filters as well as the creation of Curated Journeys on the interface that explore how technology can help us engage more deeply with art.
Museum of Art & Photography
We work with the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), Bengaluru, as a knowledge partner, to provide research and editorial support to selected exhibitions and projects based on the Museum’s collection. These have included working on INTERWOVEN, with Microsoft, which involved digitising the Museum’s Textile collection, as well as providing research and curatorial support to the exhibitions Time & Time Again: Jyoti Bhatt, My life as an Artist: Bhuri Bai and The Business of Dreams: Suresh Punjabi.
As projects of the Art & Photography Foundation, MAP and the MAP Academy benefit from shared resources, including administration, legal and HR, as well as governance from the MAP Board of Directors and guidance from its International Advisory Committee.
Nalli Silks
Nalli Silks, a heritage textile brand from India, and the MAP Academy have partnered to set up the annual The MAP Academy & Nalli Fellowships, which combine Nalli Silks’ focus area of textile production and design, with the MAP Academy’s vision of fostering incisive research in the study of art histories from South Asia. The Fellowships will support South Asia-based projects to foster and generate interest in the region’s textile practices among diverse audiences.
Nowruzgan
We collaborate with Nowruzgan to make knowledge centered on cross-cultural, historical relationships and artistic dialogues between South Asia and the wider Persianate sphere more accessible. This forms a part of our endeavour to shed light on trans-regional connections and exchanges that help us surpass the confines of contemporary borders.
Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bengaluru
We led a virtual, immersive mentorship programme with university students from the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bengaluru. Focussing on research and writing skills the programme aimed to further engage students in the field of art history, both academically and vocationally.
TCSiON
We have contributed to TCSiON’s annual nation-wide school contest, IntelliGem that focuses on inculcating 21st-century skills amongst 5th-9th grade students across India. Our work involved writing Visual Literacy-focused materials tethered to the Competition’s verticals, in an effort to help participants think critically about visual information in our image-heavy world.
https://learning.tcsionhub.in/lifelonglearning/se/intelligem/
Terrain.art
We have partnered with Terrain.Art on an online course on Modern & Contemporary Art in India. This is authored by art historian, Dr Beth Citron, and edited and produced by the MAP Academy.
Publishing Partners
Asia Research News
We work with Asia Research News (ARN) to republish our articles fortnightly in an effort to reach and engage wider audiences with art histories of the subcontinent. As a research communication platform, ARN is focussed on increasing diversity in international research news from Asia.
Dainik Jagran
The MAP Academy works with Dainik Jagran to publish articles on Art History, every fortnight. As a part of this collaboration, we are also translating our work to Hindi and other regional languages to help us reach wider audiences and make our work accessible across the region.
Deccan Herald
Our fortnightly column, Discover Indian Art with Deccan Herald, delves into fascinating stories on art and art histories from the Indian subcontinent in an effort to reach and engage wider audiences.
Garland Magazine
We publish research and writing about the processes involved in art, craft and living traditions from South Asia with Garland magazine in an effort to reach and engage wider audiences. Garland Magazine is a platform for thoughtful writing about handmade objects and reflections on the materials and processes of contemporary craft practices across the globe. Through our partnership with Garland, we are also associated with The Knowledge House for Craft, a network of organisations that create and maintain resources and repositories of information on craft.
Selvedge
We have a column in Selvedge Magazine where we publish articles exploring South Asian textile traditions and practices, shedding light on processes, communities, designs as well as cross-cultural exchanges. Started by Polly Leonard in 2004, Selvedge Magazine is a leading publication in the field of textiles. With a large international readership, it serves as an entry point into the world of textiles for those looking for an original and broadening perspective.
Smarthistory
We work closely with Smarthistory to share our content and collaborate to publish articles, videos and resource materials. In light of our goals to make knowledge around the subject of South Asian art history more accessible, we are pleased to partner with one of the leading resources committed to public art history globally.
Splainer
We collaborate with Splainer, an online magazine that publishes world news as well as multimedia stories on entertainment, art, culture and science. As part of MAP Academy’s efforts to make art histories from South Asia accessible to wider audiences, illustrated articles from the MAP Academy’s Encyclopedia of Art appear monthly, in Splainer’s Advisory section.
ThePrint
We collaborate with ThePrint who republish articles from the MAP Academy Encyclopedia of Art every month, in an effort to share content surrounding art histories of the subcontinent with wider audiences.