This constellation brings together critical interdisciplinary theories and research focused on the interplay between socialization, spatial dynamics, new media, the construction of everyday norms, and cultural topologies. It is positioned at the nexus of cultural studies, sociology, architectural theory, anthropology, geography, media studies, and diasporas in the digital spaces. Research under this constellation delves into a nuanced exploration and critique of the intersection between new media and our everyday environments, highlighting dialogues and contestations surrounding power dynamics, virtual identities and citizenships, internet socialities, cultural norms, and public moralities and consciousness.
Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities
Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology and Fellow
Lecturer, IDEAS
Lecturer, IDEAS
Assistant Professor, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
Associate Professor, Santa Clara University, Director of the Digital Humanities Initiative
This project explores cyber harassment as a phenomenon at the intersection of (perceived) age, gender, religious, cultural and political identities. The study will be conducted on a diverse group of professionals young academics (preferably social sciences), social media influencers, public figures and activists/advocacy leaders in the digital space in India. The primary focus of the project will be to study the online experience of women (she/her) SM users particularly to investigate the following:
Poulomi Bhadra, Sriti Ganguly, Smriti Singh
This is an exploratory study of social media engagement among low-income youth in Delhi, the self-presentation strategies and how it relates to their aspirations of social mobility. These aspirations will be studied vis-a-vis the socio-spatial transformation of Delhi, and how and where these young individuals position themselves in this evolving landscape. The main goal of the study is to explore social media (gendered) usage and internet socialities among low-income youth in Delhi.
Sriti Ganguly, Smriti Singh, Nandini Dhar