This walking tour guides visitors through power and dissent during the late stages of the Nizams’ reign in Hyderabad, India (1850-1950) with a focus on how the Library Movement, in tandem with the national movement, helped inform the majority-illiterate masses on royal and colonial abuses.

Framing these two instances of 19th-century violence against Indigenous peoples as asymmetric wars, assimilations, civilizing missions, or mere instances of ethnic cleansing—rather than genocides—reinforces the traditional hegemonic narrative which justified the campaigns in the first place.

Juana Azurduy’s statue stands as a re-conception of Argentine identity, one that recognizes and celebrates historically marginalized peoples: the First Nations and women. Yet, the statue remains controversial.

It is in this historical “re-mixing” that the unique medium of Vocaloid shines: its reflexive and postmodern nature allow it to hybridize historical themes seamlessly, even humorously.