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Talk:Aradhana Sharma

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By Sachi Anjunkar


Aradhana Sharma is an assistant professor of anthropology and feminist studies at Wesleyan University[1][2] as of May 2024. According to her CV, her area of academic interests are political economy, anthropology of the state and governmentality, critical development studies, transnationalism and nationalism, feminist studies, social movements, and tourism.

She has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the Indus Civilization, or caste.

In 2016, she signed a letter endorsing a letter submitted by the South Asia Faculty Group[3][4] where it addressed the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016. In this letter they requested removing the word India from textbooks. In addition, they falsely[5] stated:

  1. "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization."
  2. "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."

Publications related to India[edit]

Books[edit]

  1. Sharma, Aradhana. Logics of Empowerment: Development, Gender, and Governance in Neoliberal India. University of Minnesota Press, 2008.

Edited Collections[edit]

  1. Sharma, Aradhana, and Akhil Gupta, editors. The Anthropology of the State: A Reader. Blackwell Readers in Anthropology, Blackwell Publishers, 2006.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters[edit]

  1. Sharma, Aradhana. Crossbreeding Institutions, Breeding Struggle: Women’s ‘Empowerment,’ Neoliberal Governmentality, and State (Re)Formation in India. Cultural Anthropology, vol. 21, no. 1, 2006.
  2. Sharma, Aradhana, and Akhil Gupta. Globalization and Postcolonial States. Current Anthropology, vol. 47, no. 2, 2006.
  3. Sharma, Aradhana, and Akhil Gupta. Rethinking Theories of the State in an Age of Globalization. The Anthropology of the State: A Reader, edited by Aradhana Sharma and Akhil Gupta, Blackwell Publishers, 2006.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Aradhana Sharma University Profile accessed 15 May, 2024
  2. ↑ Aradhana Sharma CV PDF accessed 15 May, 2024
  3. ↑ 5-17 Prof. S. Shankar et al support letter
  4. ↑ 5-17 Kamala Visweswaran South Asian Faculty Group
  5. ↑ Gupta, S. P. 'The Dawn of Civilization.' In History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: Volume I: Part 1, edited by G. C. Pandey and D. P. Chattopadhyaya. New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 1999.
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