Resources

The Resources section serves as RTN's public scholarship hub, bringing together accessible materials for students, researchers, practitioners, educators, and curious readers interested in performance cultures across South Asia. Designed as a bridge between academic research and public engagement, it offers pathways into the histories, ideas, and practices that shape dance, music, and performance traditions.

Here, readers will find curated reading lists, glossaries, research guides, and introductory essays that provide context for exploring key themes in performance history, cultural memory, pedagogy, archives, visual culture, and embodied knowledge. These resources are intended to support both independent learning and formal research.

The section also includes methodological tools and educational materials relating to archival research, oral history, interviewing, documentation, and the study of performance traditions. By making these resources openly available, RTN seeks to encourage deeper engagement with performance as a historical, cultural, and social practice.

Whether you are beginning your journey into dance and performance studies or pursuing specialized research, the Resources section aims to foster curiosity, critical inquiry, and meaningful connections between scholarship, artistic practice, and cultural heritage.