Transitional Spaces, Culture & Media Studies
May 14, 2024 2024-12-19 11:51Transitional Spaces, Culture & Media Studies
Transitional Spaces, Culture & Media Studies
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.
Constellation Leads
Dr. Sriti Ganguly
Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities
Aditi Krishna
Jindal Global Law School
Member Associates
Dr. Smriti Singh
Dr. Sreela Sarkar
Projects
1. Online Misogyny & Victimization of Female Opinion
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:
- Typology of cyber harassment experienced
- Typology of perpetrators
- Understanding the impact on victimization on female victims. (degree of risk perception, access to justice, job opportunities, higher education etc., impact on awareness and usage of legal recourse, attitude and behaviour changes)
Poulomi Bhadra, Sriti Ganguly, Smriti Singh
2. Young India on Social Media
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.
- What are the ways in which they present themselves?
- What aspects of social life and physical settings do they incorporate in these presentations?
- How does this engagement reflect their desires for mobility and pursuit of cultural capital?
- In what ways does the city feature in these desires?
Sriti Ganguly, Smriti Singh, Nandini Dhar