Mapping South Asian Diaspora Aunties on Media: How do Aunties Curate, Sustain, and Transform Diaspora Identities?

Five South Asian women in colorful clothing with bright backgrounds.
November 4, 2022
3:00PM - 4:30PM
Hagerty Hall 198A

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2022-11-04 15:00:00 2022-11-04 16:30:00 Mapping South Asian Diaspora Aunties on Media: How do Aunties Curate, Sustain, and Transform Diaspora Identities? Join us for the second presentation of the South Asian Studies Initiative brown bag series.  Rojika Sharma will present "Mapping South Asian Diaspora Aunties on Media: How do Aunties Curate, Sustain, and Transform Diaspora Identities?" This project attempts to map the South Asian diaspora Aunty discourse on media platforms including YouTube, Memes, literature, podcasts, Netflix, and TEDx Talks. By exploring diaspora practices on media, this talk will examine how Aunty is a configuration or a figure that does various forms of meaning-making and discursive labor.  Rojika Sharma is a graduate student in the Department of Geography at The Ohio State University. Rojika received a BA from Denison University in Women and Gender Studies and International Studies. This in-person event is free and open to faculty, staff, and students affiliated with the South Asian Studies Initiative at OSU, and any faculty, staff, or students interested in South Asian Studies. The event is on Friday, November 4th from 3:00-4:30pm in Hagerty Hall room 198A. If you have questions about this event, please contact Megan Moriarty at moriarty.8@osu.edu.  Hagerty Hall 198A America/New_York public

Join us for the second presentation of the South Asian Studies Initiative brown bag series.  Rojika Sharma will present "Mapping South Asian Diaspora Aunties on Media: How do Aunties Curate, Sustain, and Transform Diaspora Identities?"

This project attempts to map the South Asian diaspora Aunty discourse on media platforms including YouTube, Memes, literature, podcasts, Netflix, and TEDx Talks. By exploring diaspora practices on media, this talk will examine how Aunty is a configuration or a figure that does various forms of meaning-making and discursive labor. 

Rojika Sharma is a graduate student in the Department of Geography at The Ohio State University. Rojika received a BA from Denison University in Women and Gender Studies and International Studies.

This in-person event is free and open to faculty, staff, and students affiliated with the South Asian Studies Initiative at OSU, and any faculty, staff, or students interested in South Asian Studies.

The event is on Friday, November 4th from 3:00-4:30pm in Hagerty Hall room 198A.

If you have questions about this event, please contact Megan Moriarty at moriarty.8@osu.edu. 

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