I am a PhD student of Sociology at Virginia Tech, USA. My research is focussed on the implications of emerging AI and Machine learning based precision agriculture technologies on the socio-economic life of the farming community in the US. I am also looking at the factors influencing adoption of Ag-Tech innovations among the crop advisors using mixed method. Before starting my PhD, I was working on issues pertaining to air pollution and homelessness in Delhi, India.
Longjenthi Longkumer holds an undergraduate degree in History from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi and a masters degree in Sociology from Ambedkar University Delhi. He is interested in the study of indigeneity, food cultures, masculinity and affect, and borderlands. Outside of academia, he enjoys rap music, photography, and reading fiction.
is a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat, specializing in the intersection between Food and Gender studies. She has dedicated herself to exploring how culinary practices and food consumption are influenced by gender identities and roles. Her work delves into various cultural contexts, examining how traditional and modern food practices shape and are shaped by gender norms. Her interdisciplinary approach incorporates the application of the amalgamation of both Euro-centric and Indo-centric theories in food and gender. Various contemporary Indian women diasporic writers and Indian women writers are part of her research. Currently, Miss Rohini Sharma is working as an Assistant Professor of English at the same university where she conducts courses on Creative writing and communication Skills for undergraduate students.
Bio- Sanskriti is a Doctoral Scholar at the School of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India. Her research area is a broad intersection of Media Anthropology, Audience Reception, and their Fandom(s) in Indigenous societies. Through academic engagement and immersive ethnography, she intends to bring a socio-anthropological approach to studies of media infrastructure in borderlands (Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Meghalaya) of Northeast India. Food and culinary practices of these borderland areas remain a critical lens for the researcher to scrutinize the relationship between 'identification' and embodied fandoms around borderless media. Sanskriti is also a Global EDI Ambassador of Disney, Culture & Society Research Network. You may contact her on sanskriti.1@iitj.ac.in or 8210331344.
Anjali. A. R. is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in English at the Department of English, All Saints’ College, University of Kerala. Her research papers mainly address the powerful, political, and potential role of food in reflecting layers of identities in everyday lives and films. She has a special interest in Japanese culture and Japanese food films, and is deeply fascinated by the disciplines of food studies, film studies, Japanese studies, memory studies, and cultural studies.