Talk:Christiane Brosius

By Sachi Anjunkar

Christiane Brosius teaches Visual and Media anthropology at the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (HCTS), as of November 2022. According to her bio, her research focuses on art production, urban transformation and cultural heritage in South Asia, mainly Delhi in North India and Katmandu Valley in Nepal.

As per her bio, she has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government in the context of the BJP Government.

In 2021, she along with Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, co-signed a letter supporting "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."

Publications related to India

1. Brosius, Christina. “The Gated Romance of India Shining: Visualising Urban Lifestyle in Images of Residential Housing Development.” In Popular Culture in a Globalised India: A Reader, edited by Moti Gokulsing and Wimal Dissanayake, Routledge, 2009, pp. 174-191.
2. Brosius, Christina. “Die Vorstellung vom ‘Neuen Indien’. Anmerkungen zur unfassbaren Mittelklasse” [The Imagination of a ‘New India’: Commenting the Ungraspable Middle Class]. Der Bürger im Staat, vol. 3/4, Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg, 2009, pp. 220-227.
3. Brosius, Christina. "The Cultural Politics of Transnational Heritage Rituals: Akshardham Cultural Complex in New Delhi." In Ritual, Heritage and Identity: The Politics of Culture and Performance in a Globalised World, edited by Christina Brosius and Karin Polit, Routledge, 2011, pp. 97-125.
4. Brosius, Christina. "The Perfect World of BAPS: Media and Urban Dramaturgies in a Globalised Context." In Public Hinduisms, edited by Maya Warrier, Raymond Williams, John Zavos, and Deepa Reddy, Sage Publications, 2011, pp. 440-462.
5. Brosius, Christina. “Contesting Emotions: Ritualising Romantic Love in Neoliberal Urban India.” In Emotions in Rituals and Performances, edited by Axel Michaels and Christoph Wulf, Routledge, 2011, pp. 257-286.
6. Brosius, Christina. “The Scattered Homelands of the Migrant: Bollyworld through the Diasporic Lens.” In Bollyworld: Popular Indian Cinema through a Transnational Lens, edited by Raminder Kaur and Ajay Sinha, Sage Publications, 2005, pp. 207-238.
7. Brosius, Christina. "The Multiple Bodies of the Bride: Ritualising 'World Class' at Elite Weddings in Urban India." In Images of the Body in India, edited by Axel Michaels and Christoph Wulf, Routledge, 2011, pp. 261-279.