Sujata Noronha (of Bookworm, the children's library in Mala-Fontainhas and elsewhere) wrote this chapter titled Participatory River Drawings and Political Capabilities through Library Practice for the book The River Mhadei: The Science and Politics of Diversion which is being released at the Goa University on Tuesday, Sep 16, 2025 at 3.30 pm, for which you are most welcome.
QUOTE The chapter focuses on Nhoi: The Goa River Draw, a multidisciplinary participatory community art project conducted with library communities living on a segment of the river Mhadei. It suggests that the project’s approach, methodology, and intention enabled a remembering and reflection on the lived experiences of riverine communities....The chapter also demonstrates how exhibition spaces of community art became sites for construction of a collective voice with political potential. UNQUOTE