This month's critical question comes from Steering Committee member @h-tejas.bsky.social. Tejas's research focuses on mediated activism, digital activism, social media, and platformization. Find out more here: bit.ly/43DxoDE @asc.upenn.edu

Instagram reels don't follow territorial logic, even between people from so-called 'enemy' nations. Read Steering Committee member @h-tejas.bsky.social's opinion piece for @thequintindia.bsky.social to learn more: bit.ly/4iMFpuE @asc.upenn.edu

At our exhibit opening last night, artists shared how they catalogue oppressions & dream up utopias in the most challenging times. Thank you @bhumikasaraswati.bsky.social, Shrujana Shridhar & Chelsey Luster for bringing your work to @asc.upenn.edu! @annenbergcargc.bsky.social @bzelizer.bsky.social

In the precolonial times if the state or Brahminical institutions recognized a caste group as upper caste (Brahmin or Kshatriya), it would come with entitlements (real or potential).

Don't miss our art exhibit opening tomorrow at 4.30pm! With artists Chelsey Luster, @bhumikasaraswati.bsky.social & Shrujana Shridhar @asc.upenn.edu @annenbergcargc.bsky.social @bzelizer.bsky.social Register here: bit.ly/4aEzGnU Image credit: "Dalit Panthers" by Shrujana Shridhar

Happy Birthday to Frederick Douglass who would by very disappointed in all of this BS but would never, ever stop fighting (or getting his photo taken)

A really good introduction to structuralism youtu.be/EZ8l0Aa64-U?...

I have started reading e-paper edition of Indian Express every morning. Feels good to read a newspaper page to page — like the old times!

Go Birds!

Our art exhibit opens in 2 weeks! Join the reception & discussion with artists Chelsey Luster, @bhumikasaraswati.bsky.social & Shrujana Shridhar @asc.upenn.edu @annenbergcargc.bsky.social @bzelizer.bsky.social @h-tejas.bsky.social @nidahm.bsky.social Register here: bit.ly/4aEzGnU

Join us on February 19th for "Navigating Precarity," a panel discussion with artists Chelsey Luster, Bhumika Saraswati and Shrujana Shridhar @asc.upenn.edu @annenbergcargc.bsky.social Register here: bit.ly/4aEzGnU

As we celebrated Savitribai Phule's birth anniversary yesterday, I couldn't help but remember Hari Narke who left us one and half years ago. Narke spent so much of his career gathering historical details about Jotirao and Savitribai Phule, including the accurate information about Savitribai's death.

सामना, सिंहासन, मुक्तासारखे मराठी चित्रपट कुठल्याच स्ट्रिमींग प्लॅटफॉर्मवर नाहीत. क्लासिक चित्रपटांची ही अवस्था असेल तर बाकीच्यांचं काय? मराठी चित्रपटसृष्टीची इतकी वाईट अवस्था का?

मी 'उंबरठा' फार वर्षांपूर्वी पाहिलेला, आता फारसा आठवत नाही. आज 'जैत रे जैत' पाहतोय. चित्रपट ठीकठाक आहे पण स्मिता पाटीलचा ऑरा काही औरच आहे. फ्रेममध्ये असल्यावर नजर अजिबात हटत नाही.

Done with the semester. Feel like I can finally breathe.

‘Echoes Within’: An Indigenous woman’s search for her roots thesatyashodhak.com/echoes-withi...

I get my news the only way you are supposed to get it — from comedians.

Amit Shah needs to know that people evoking Babasaheb Ambedkar's name in political discourse cannot be equated with chanting a god's name. But the BJP only knows religious vocabulary it seems.

Young people today will never understand that 30 years ago, when we got the internet, we were SO EXCITED to look up song lyrics.

I was really looking forward to a Journalism Studies conference in Lisbon in January but with my Schengen visa ordeal, that doesn't seem likely anymore.

Philly friends, let’s free the kids! 👇🏽

The 'One nation, one election' proposal is anti-democracy. You cannot force legislatures to cut short their five-year terms or even prolong them just because you fancy uniformity or whatever.

Zakir Hussain was supposed to perform at the University of Pennsylvania and we had bought tickets. Was really excited to see him live but I guess that will never happen now. RIP! www.thehindu.com/entertainmen...

Hello New York!

At @insidehighered.com I wrote about my concerns about this kind of technology as a threat to human instructional labor, but there's also potential pedagogical issues with introducing a 24/7 assistant that may actually hamper student learning and development.🧵 www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...

Hello! We are now on BlueSky. Do follow us to know when we publish new articles.

Eagerly awaiting my copy of the book! To me this is one of a kind as aside from @mimimondal.bsky.social I've not come across many dalit futurist/anti caste lit in SF/Horror. The younger me would be immensely happy to find identifications I'd been searching for in SF for so long 🥹

The CFA for 2025-2026 CARGC Postdoctoral Fellowship is now open: bit.ly/cargcpostdoc2025 ! Please share with your networks and send us applications by February 1, 2025.

Postdoc opportunity: The Health Communication and Equity Lab is seeking a postdoctoral fellow for the 2024-2025 academic year! Applications are due by January 15, 2025:

If its not clear why non-Americans might worry about RFK Jr's lawyer pushing the FDA to revoke polio vaccine approvals, if polio returns, it will end up disrupting populations in spaces with much fewer resources than the US. This irresponsible, CRIMINAL choice will have global consequences.

Gukesh Dommaraju: World's youngest chess champion speaks to the BBC youtu.be/akXsnC3gCt0?...

New publication by doctoral student @h-tejas.bsky.social out now! Read his review of Kiran Vinod Bhatia's book, "Children’s Digital Experiences in Indian Slums: Technologies, Identities, and Jugaad" in Cultural Studies: doi.org/10.1080/0950...

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Gukesh x photochess

Many many congratulations to Gukesh Domaraju on becoming the new World Chess Champion. Very well deserved! #wcc24

What's with Nature and such nonsense headlines/articles?

Two-year Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Critical Caste Studies, University of Chicago. Applications welcome until the post is filled -- apply.interfolio.com/157701 #postdoc #academia #highered #caste

THE CHAMP IS BACK 😲 Ding vs. Gukesh is tied once again at 6-6 after a phenomenal response by Ding!

I review Kiran V. Bhatia's book 'Children’s digital experiences in Indian slums' for the Cultural Studies journal. Many thanks to @wunpini.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity. This happens to be my first academic book review. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

And then, there's the brilliant Onion. (The first guy is a 'garlic crusher'! 😂)

One week left to apply to come work with me on a new project "Power over platforms" - two postdoctoral research positions open as part of the Department of Communication at the University of Copenhagen. Details below. rasmuskleisnielsen.net/2024/11/11/n...

At the theater for Pushpa 2.