CURRICULUM VITAE ANINDITA DATTA, Ph.D (JNU) Assistant Professor Department of Geography Delhi School of Economics University of Delhi ACADEMIC PROFILE. Doctorate from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences. ( 1999). [Title of Thesis: Inter Regional Gender Disparities in The Levels of Social Well Being: A Comparative Study of the Uttarakhand region and Awadh plains.] NORAD Post Doctoral Fellowship in Social Change at the Centre for Feminist and Gender Studies at the Department of Inter Disciplinary Studies of Culture; NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, during the Spring Term 2002. RESEARCH INTERESTS: The critical geographies of gender, space and society, in particular, gender roles and gender relations within everyday life worlds, gendered spaces, indigenous feminisms, the politics of knowledge creation. PUBLICATIONS Claiming the Dawn Sky: Gender Issues in Indian Geography in Nayak D (ed). Progress in Indian Geography, 2004-2008, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, pp 77-79. Re imagining Impossible Worlds: Beyond Circumcised Geographical Imaginations. Progress in Human Geography, Vol 32, Number 5, October 2008, Sage Publications, London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi. (co authoured with Aparajita De) pp 603-612.
MacDonaldisation of Gender in Urban India: A Tentative Exploration, Gender, Technology and Development Vol 9 Number 1, Jan-Apr 2005, Sage Publications, London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi pp 125-135. On Not Holding Half the Sky: Gender in Indian Geography, in H.N Sharma (ed) Progress in Indian Geography: A Country Report, 30 th International Geographical Congress, Glasgow, Indian National Science Academy, 2004, Delhi. pp 131-134, (co authoured with Saraswati Raju) Articulation of an Integrated Women s Health Policy Using the Life Cycle Approach, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Vol 10 Number 1, 2003, Sage Publications, London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi. pp: 25-43 Our Worlds, Our Lives: Gender Equality and Governance in the Indian and Norwegian Contexts, Skriftserie 3/2002; Senter for Kvinne og Kjonnforskning, Working paper published by the Centre for Feminist and Gender Studies; Department of Inter Disciplinary studies of Culture; Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 2002. Gender Disparities in Social Well Being: An Overview, Indian Journal of Gender Studies Volume 4, Number 1, 1997, Sage Publications, London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi. pp:51-65 (co authoured with Sachidanand Sinha) FORTHCOMING PAPERS: * Work, Gender And Social Value: Conceptual Links And Field Insights in Dutta M (ed) Women and Work Asian Perspectives, Shipra Publications. * Space Gender and Social Value in Dutt A, B Thakur, G Pomeroy and V Wadhwa (eds) Social Geography in the 21 st Century, Concept Publications. * Re Assessing Gender, Gender Disparities And Gender Issues In North East India- A Socio Geographic Perspective proceedings of the national seminar on Tradition, Continuity, Change: An Assessment Into the Gender Disparity In the Context Of North East India. BOOK REVIEWS: Women and Migration in Asia, Vol 5: Marriage, Migration and Gender edited by Rajni Palriwala and Patricia Uberoi, Sage Publications, New Delhi,
Thousand Oaks, London, Singapore 2008, Journal of Geographical Sciences, Special issue on Gender and Transnational Migration, guest editors Janice Monk and Nora Lan Hung Chiang, published by Science Press and Springer, China. Gillespie S and G Mc Neill Food Health and Survival in India and Developing Countries, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Annals of the National Association of Geographers India, Vol XIII, Number 1, June 1993, National Association of Geographers, India. Dietrich G; Reflections on the Women s Movement in India: Religion, Ecology, Development ; Horizon Books, New Delhi, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Volume 36, Number 1, Jan-March 1993, Indian Society of Labour Economics. Gender and Poverty in India-A World Bank Country Study, The World Bank, Washington DC 1991, Gender and Geography Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 1992, National Association of Geographers, India. CONFERENCE PRESNETATIONS: Reinterpreting Power and Agency within Indigenous Feminisms: Whither Indian Geography? Presented at International seminar Contextualizing Geographical Approaches to studying Gender in Asia on 3 rd 4 th and 5 th March 2010 at University of Delhi. The Royal Courtesan, The Kingmaker s Concubine: Re imagining Delhi: International seminar Contextualizing Geographical Approaches to studying Gender in Asia on 3 rd 4 th and 5 th March 2010 at University of Delhi. Towards More Inclusive Geographies: Introducing Gender. Presented at the One Day Seminar on Introducing Gender in Geography organized by Deaprtment of Geography, University of Burdwan on December 21 st 2009. Constructivist approach to Geography Teaching and Multi Point technology: Marrying Mindset, Material and Method. Presented at the Workshop on Multi point Technology for Collaborative Learning organized by Centre for Information and Educational Technology, National Council of Educational Research and Training on July 11 th 2009.
The Royal Courtesan: Re imagining Delhi. presented at the National seminar on Human Settlement Dynamics and Population, Economy, Environment Interface with special reference to North west India, organized by the Department of Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh, February 2008. Voices from the Bamboo Forest: Gender Issues In North East India. presented at the National seminar on Gender and Space: Discourses from Women in India organized by the Council for Social Development, on September 7 th 2007. Re Assessing Gender, Gender Disparities And Gender Issues In North East India- A Socio Geographic Perspective. Presented at the National Seminar on Tradition, Continuity, Change: An Assessment Into the Gender Disparity In the Context Of North East India organised by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), St. Mary s College Shillong on May 15 2007. Female Foeticide: The Need for a Socio- Geographical Perspective Presented at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Social Well being and Human Development, organized by Deptt of Geography, BN College, Patna University, March 25, 2005. Gender and Development : An Appreciation of Issues for Indian Geographers Presented at the Panel Discussion on Gender and Development at the National Association of Geographers Annual conference 2004, organized by Deptt of Geography, M.D. University Rohtak, November 5, 2004. Unraveling the Gender Question in North East India: A Geographer s Perspective: Presented at National Conference on Regional Dimensions of Population, Agriculture and Environment organized by Department of Geography, Panjab University Chandigarh, January 29, 30, 2004. Globalisation and Gender in Urban India: Renegotiating or Reinforcing Gender Roles and Stereotypes? Presented at a workshop organized by the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, on November 20 th and 21 st 2003. Gender Equality, Feminist Activism and Gender Sensitive Interventions in the Indian and Norwegian Contexts-Presented at the International
Conference on Women and Politics in Asia organized by Halmstad University, Sweden in cooperation with Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Denmark on June 6 and 7 th 2003. Gender and Feminist Perspectives in Indian Geography- A Bridge too Far - Presented at the UGC SAP seminar on Emerging Research Themes in Indian Geography organized by the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 4 th and 5th April 2003. Rethinking and Reconceptualising Gender in View of Globalisation: An Agenda for Enquiry in India- Presented at a workshop on Rethinking and Reconceptualising Gender in View of Globalisation organized by the Department of Geography and Centre for Feminist and Gender Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, May 2002. Articulation of an Alternative Women s Health Policy Using the Life Cycle Approach Presented at the International Seminar on A Century of Population Change organised by the Department of Geography, Panjab University Chandigarh March 2001. Women s Work, Social Value and Well Being-Lessons From the Field Presented at the Natiional Council of Applied Economic Research, Delhi on the seminar series on Gender and Development, November 1999. Urban Environment and Morbidity- A Causative Model and Discussion of the National Capital Territory of Delhi- Presented at the National Conference on Environment, Kolkata February 1999. Geographical Patterns of Crime against Women in India-A Reflection- Presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Geographers India (NAGI) December 1992 PROJECTS: Remapping Leisure: A Gendered Exploration Of Third space in Delhi, Funded by the University of Delhi under its scheme to Strengthen Faculty Research, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:
NORAD Post Doctoral Fellowship in Social Change, 2002 Centre for Feminist and Gender Studies; Department of Inter Disciplinary Studies of Culture Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Spring Term 2002. Thavraj Award, 1992: Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi University GOLD MEDAL in Geography, 1989 North Eastern Hill University, Shillong. OTHERS. Member, Committee for Development of Teacher s manual for class XI and XII Geography textbooks, National Council of Educational Research and Training, (NCERT) 2008. Member, Textbook Development Committee for class XII textbook Fundamentals of Human Geography, National Council of Educational Research and Training, (NCERT) 2006. Member, Textbook Development Committee for class VIII textbook Resources and Development, National Council of Educational Research and Training, (NCERT) 2007. CONTACTADDRESS: anindita.dse@gmail.com Home: Dr Anindita Datta Work: Dr Anindita Datta 193 Aashirwad Apartments Department of Geography 74 IP Extension, Patparganj Delhi School of Economics Delhi-110092 University of Delhi Delhi-110007