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Research interests
Early career researcher in social anthropology and performance studies, she writes to critically engage with social, political, affective dimensions of dance in everyday life in contemporary South Asia. She has long-term ethnographic interests in indigenous communities living in the states of northeast of India. Her current research on artistic performances is at the intersections of marginality, precarity, resistance. Other research interests: screen-dance, photo-ethnography, archived photographs and films, performance art in the Anthropocene.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Theatre & Performance Studies, Master of Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Award Date: 31 Mar 2011
Social Anthropology, Master of Arts, SOAS University of London
Award Date: 1 Dec 2010
Performance Studies, Master of Arts, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Award Date: 15 Jul 2005
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Dance Cultures
Biswas, D., 31 Aug 2022, (Accepted/In press) The Routledge Companion to Northeast India. Wouters, J. J. P. & Subba, T. (eds.). New Delhi: Routledge IndiaResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Imagining Bengal’s Past: Dance in Ray’s Cinema: Special Commemorative Issue: 100 years of Satyajit Ray
Biswas, D., 6 May 2021, Café DissensusResearch output: Other contribution
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Raas Vignettes: Personal notes from ritual spaces
Biswas, D., 2019, YendaiResearch output: Other contribution
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Rituals of ethnicity: Thangmi identities between Nepal and India
Biswas, D., 7 Apr 2017, In: Contemporary South Asia. 25, 1, p. 113-14 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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Assembling Dance History of Manipur through a Life Narrative: Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi
Biswas, D., 15 Oct 2016, In: Eastern Quarterly. 12, 1-2, p. 5-15 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Dancing through History: Manipuri in Colonial India
Biswas, D. (Speaker)
2018Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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A Long Portrait: Aesthetics and politics in everyday photography in Manipur, India’
Biswas, D. (Participant)
2018 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Sense of a Place: Photo-ethnography and Conflict in India
Biswas, D. (Participant)
2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Dance Ethnography in 21st Century: The case of South Asia
Biswas, D. (Speaker)
2016Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
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On the heels of musicians: Congregational practices in the Manipuri Nat-Sankirtan
Biswas, D. (Participant)
2016 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference