Rohini Rai
@rairohini06
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Sociologist teaching Racism & Ethnicity, Brunel University London. Kiratindigenous (Khambu)// Sikkimese// Eastern Himalaya// North East India.
London, UK
Joined February 2015
Excited that the #IndigenisingtheHimalaya project's online exhibition, housed within the @RGS_IBG website, is now open for public!!! 🏔️🏹🌿❤️ @BrunelResearch @BrunelSMCJ @BritishAcademy_ @crhcollective
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Read my review for @arjshankar's phenomenal book, 'Brown Saviours and their Others' that examines the #racialisation of #caste showing how help economy reproduces global racial capitalist order and contextually specific hierarchies of power @JDevStudies
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📣Introducing a new online exhibition, led by @rairohini06 (@Bruneluni) in collaboration with the Society, aiming to reimagine the Himalaya region from the perspective of its Indigenous communities within the UK diaspora 📣 Check out the exhibition👇
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RT @borderlandering: Unfortunately I can’t join the session because of lack of connectivity in our village, in Arunachal rn, but happy to s…
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RT @Rituparna37: I am once again looking forward to sharing space with @rairohini06 and speak about Delhi from a northeast Indian gaze. Gra…
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RT @niyoror_xubaax: Thank you @Ty_Valiquette and @SarojiniSapru for organising the wonderful conference. Looking forward for more engagemen…
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RT @SikkimProject: DANCING INDIGENEITY IN THE EASTERN HIMALAYA: SAKELA SILI AS WORLD MAKING by Dr Rohini Rai The article focuses on Sake…
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My essay on Sakela Sili dance, contextualising it within the politics of Indigeneity in the Eastern Himalaya, and reframing it beyond 'authenticity' as a form of world making! Also my first ever written work translated in Nepali ❤️🏔️ for @SikkimProject
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Curated by Dr Rohini Rai (@rairohini06) (@Bruneluni) in collaboration with the Society, 'Reimagining the Himalaya through the lens of diasporic indigeneity' is now available to view online. ⬇️
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re-memorialising and re-membering the Himalaya through the lens of diasporic indigeneity. Check out the exhibition at the Society's website @RGS_IBG @BrunelResearch @BrunelSMCJ @BritishAcademy_
'Whose memories do we elevate, and whose do we obscure?' These are some of the questions that introduce and set the tone for our latest online exhibition. 💻 🖼️
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RT @RaulPerezSoc: With all the chatter and interest in methodology right now, this might be a good time to check this out
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RT @saraf_aa: Very excited to share my work with the PAHAD network on Saturday. Thanks for the invitation!
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RT @contemporarySA: Chonglong Gu's article, "Linguistic landscaping in Kathmandu’s Thamel 'Chinatown': language as commodity in the constru…
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RT @rachnabooks: Congratulations on the completion of this important project @rairohini06 So incredible to get a sneak peek into the arch…
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RT @niyoror_xubaax: Reimagining the Himalaya through the lens of diasporic indigeneity. @rairohini06
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Had a great time discussing Maps and Himalayan diasporic indigeneity during the Maproom Conversations at the @RGS_IBG annual conference 2024!
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