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| Editor | Charu Pragya |
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| Categories | Politics, Culture, Society |
| Founder |
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| Founded | 2020 |
| Company | Public Knowledge Studios |
| Country | India |
| Based in | New Delhi |
| Language | English |
| Website | Official URL |
The Akademi Magazine (also known as Akademi Mag) is an Indian magazine on politics, culture, and society. The magazine covers topics broadly relevant to Indian progressivism and occasionally popular culture. Akademi grew to prominence during the CAA-NRC protests for its narratives critical of the legislation. As of 2021, Akademi distributes its commentaries and narratives in the forms of pieces through its website, social media and the Friday Talks podcast.[1][2][3]
History and Overview
editFormally established in 2020, Akademi became known for its "creative design with engaging thought" and for pioneering a wave of digital activism that relied on slide show type social media posts. The magazine has quoted the voluminous writings of American philosopher John Dewey as inspiration for its format. Over the years, its founders have attended numerous design conferences that serve as a breakdown of the magazine's design process.
Pieces and Media
editThe magazine hosted its first conference, moderated by Meena Kandasamy, on the Criminalisation of Dalit dissent in March, 2021. Some of Akademi's narrative pieces have been authored by prominent individuals in the industry like Mayukh Sen, Raghu Karnad, Ronny Sen and members from the Pinjra Tod collective.
| Year | # | Year | # | Year | # | Year | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1 | 1996 | 8 | 2010 | 18 | 2017 | 34–37 |
| 1990 | 2 | 1997 | 9–11 | 2012 | 19–21 | ||
| 1991 | 3 | 1999 | 12–13 | 2013 | 22–23 | ||
| 1992 | 4 | 2001 | 14 | 2014 | 24–26 | ||
| 1993 | 5 | 2003 | 15–16 | 2015 | 27–29 | ||
| 1995 | 6–7 | 2006 | 17 | 2016 | 30–33 |
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The Baffler is sold through many different distribution channels, both as a book and as a magazine; in addition to the publication's ISSN, all but the earliest issues have an individual ISBN.
Relaunch and move
editIn 2009, founding editor Frank decided to revive the magazine.[4] It was relaunched with Volume 2, Issue 1 (#18) in 2010, with a new publisher, editors, and design.
In 2011, The Baffler moved its headquarters to Cambridge, and John Summers took over as editor. The magazine signed a publishing contract with the MIT Press, and after another redesign, began publishing three times a year.[5] In 2014, it ended that contract and brought publishing operations in house.[6] In 2016, the magazine moved to a quarterly schedule and moved its headquarters to New York City.[7] Summers left in 2016 and Chris Lehmann took over the editorship of the journal. In 2019, Lehmann departed for The New Republic and Jonathon Sturgeon became editor in chief.[8]
The Baffler has also organized literary events and debates with its contributing editors.
In 2017, The Baffler and CTXT, a Spanish independent online publication, began a collaborative editorial agreement.[9]
Collections and books
editIn addition to the magazine, The Baffler has published a few collections of its essays and other writings.
- Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from The Baffler. Edited by Thomas Frank and Matt Weiland. Norton, 1997. ISBN 0-393-31673-4
- Boob Jubilee: The Cultural Politics of the New Economy (Salvos from The Baffler). Edited by Thomas Frank and David Mulcahey. Norton, 2003. ISBN 0-393-32430-3
- Cotton Tenants: Three Families. Edited by John Summers. Melville House, 2012. Excerpts from a lost manuscript on Alabama tenant farmers by the writer James Agee. ISBN 978-1612192123
- No Future For You: Salvos from The Baffler. Edited by John Summers, Chris Lehmann and Thomas Frank. MIT Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-262-02833-2[a]
Podcasts
editThe Baffler has previously hosted the podcasts Whale Vomit, by Amber A'Lee Frost and Sam Kriss; News from Nowhere, by Corey Pein; and The Nostalgia Trap, by David Parsons.[10]
Notes
edit- ^ A French translation was published as Le Pire des Mondes Possibles by Editions Agone in 2015.
References
edit- ^ "Akademi Magazine Official Website". Akademi Magazine. Akademi Mag. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "Akademi Magazine Instagram Handle". Instagram. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ Nihira Ram (9 October 2020). "Hate Speech Is An Assault On Formal Equality: Hate Speech Beda". website (Podcast). Akademi Magazine. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ Leon Nefaykh (June 24, 2009). "Color Me Baffled! Thomas Frank's Magazine Lives Again". New York Observer. p. 10. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- ^ Peter Monaghan (October 26, 2011). "'The Baffler' Will Reappear via MIT Press". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- ^ Peter Monaghan (October 28, 2014). "MIT Press and a Rebellious Journal Will Part Ways". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ^ The Baffler (June 2016). "About". Retrieved June 21, 2016.
- ^ "Predicting the Winner of the Fiction Pulitzer; The Baffler Names Its New Editor". Bookforum. April 15, 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- ^ http://ctxt.es/es/20170906/Politica/14825/The-Baffler-CTXT-acuerdo-editorial-EE-UU.htm
- ^ "Bafflercasts". The Baffler. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
External links
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- Excerpts from The Baffler at the Internet Archive (requires JavaScript for navigation)
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