Open calls / Brief
Retelling old stories for children in South Asia
Old stories, new cities: retelling South Asia’s tales for the region’s youngest children today.
- Format
- Master’s thesis or project
- Fields
- South Asian studies, anthropology, media
- Where
- Berlin, remote or in the region
The context
We are an independent innovation lab in Berlin. We work at the intersection of art and technology: characters, stories, sound and objects for children, made by artists and engineers together.
South Asia has one of the world’s richest traditions of stories for children. We want to help keep them alive for the generation growing up now, retold with care, together with people from the region.
Who it’s for
- Master’s students in South Asian studies, anthropology, literature or media studies in Germany or Europe
- Researchers with links to South Asia, or the wish to build them
- Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi or Bengali a plus, not a must: we pair you with native speakers
What we’d make together
- A comparison of how a few tales are told today
- Two or three retellings for small children in today’s cities
- Feedback sessions with families, and what you learned
What you get
- Partners and families in South Asia through our network
- Your retellings produced as books and audio, with your name on them
- Co-supervision; the right to publish; possible support for fieldwork
How it works
- Any timeRegister interest; scope agreed with your supervisor
- Months 1–2Research and comparison
- Months 3–4Retelling and testing with families
- Months 5–6Writing up
Rights & credit
You keep the copyright in your texts and research. Use in our books and audio is agreed in a written licence, with credit and a fee or share.