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Biosketch
Athira received her MA degree in English Language and Literature in 2021 and BSc degree in Mathematics in 2019 from Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Thevara, Kochi. She joined the department in August 2021 and is currently pursuing her PhD in Cultural Studies.
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Research
Athira is interested in exploring the shifts in the conceptions of food in pre-modern, modern, and globalized Kerala. Specifically, she aims to analyze the meanings and significations of food in the Kerala context and trace how these conceptions have changed over different historical periods
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Teaching
Teaching Assistance
1. HS2304: Culture and Gender Performativity
2. HS4606: Media, Identity and the Self
3. GN5005: Communication skills
4. HS5012: Social Thinkers
- Phd Supervisor
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Additional Information
TitleWorkshops and ConferencesDescription
- Capacity-building Workshop on Researching Social and Environmental Changes from a Cultural Perspective sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) at the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, from 12 to 14th October 2024.
- National Workshop on Critical Zones, organised by the Forum on Contemporary Theory (FCT), Baroda, Gujarat, India, from 6th to 7th March, 2023.
TitleAwards and Fellowships ReceivedDescription- UGC NET & JRF, December 2020
