The Queer Unschool invites practitioners from South Asia to gather for a month in a spirit of conviviality, knowledge-sharing, and re-thinking regional imaginaries of our nation states. We centre the experiences of the participants who hail and live in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – artists, activists and thinkers who are doing important and urgent work in their contexts. Eight participants will be selected through this open call.

Eligibility: 

Any self-identified emerging artist or cultural worker currently based in South Asia, with a deep commitment to organising, feminist and queer engagement and work, and a passion to connect and operate across South Asia’s borders and communities.
We welcome a diverse range of applications. Cultural workers without formal training or institutional support, and others who might not have access or support for their work are especially encouraged to apply.

Application Process:

To apply, we ask you to send us the following to queerunschoolsouthasia@gmail.com – in a single PDF document written in English, or a single audio/video file recorded in English.

– Your Name and Preferred pronouns
– Where are you based in South Asia at the moment?
– A 200 word introduction to yourself including your background, experience, artistic or cultural practice and motivations (up to 3 minute audio/video recording)
– A 200 words on what you hope to learn from this gathering and what you hope to contribute (up to 3 minute audio recording)
– 150 words on why this is the right time for you to participate in this opportunity (up to 2 minute audio/video recording)
– 150 words roughly proposing what you hope to take back to your community and which learnings (or unlearning) you will share through the seed grant (up to 2 minute audio/video recording)

*Given the diversity of languages and cultures in South Asia, we do not have the capacity to adjudicate applications in all the languages of our region; however, we understand different capacities of second or third language English and your application will not be assessed based on the proficiency of English, but on your practice and your ideas.

Following your application, we will shortlist applications and invite a short interview to better understand each other, so we can shape this project together, before we make the final selection.

To know more about the application, click here