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Sanjana Suukyi M P is a PhD scholar at IIT Dharwad in the field of English. Her research focuses on the transgender community of Jogathis from North Karnataka. She has worked as field investigator for ICSSR-IMPRESS project under the title “Women in Intellectual and Historical Traditions of North Karnataka: A Digital Archive”. As an Independent Researcher she has undertaken research in the domain of Cultural Studies, Gender Studies and Transgender Studies.
Education
Education
Under graduation- Maharajas College, University of Mysore.
Post-graduation- Department of Studies in English, University of Mysore.
Paper Presented
Paper Presented
March 2025. Co-presented a research paper titled "From Traditional to Digital: Jogatti Folk Narratives as Digital Storytelling in 21st Century" at the International Conference on "Reimagining Communication in the 21st Century", organised by St. Philomena's college, Mysuru.
December 2024, co-presented a paper titled Poetics of Vulnerability: Caste, Gender, and Resistance in Chandini Gagana's Trans Narratives at the National Conference on "Trans Lives: Celebrating Identity and Empowerment" organized by Mannar Thirumalai Naicker College Madurai and Transgender Resource Center Madurai.
August, 2024, co-presented a paper titled: We are the Jogathis from Savadatthi hill Performing for You”:Reclaiming Public Spaces and Gender through the Cult of Yellamma International Conference on Whither Integrative Humanities? Paths and Challenges. Organised by EFL University, Hyderabad.
September, 2023, co-presented a paper titled: Performing Tradition, Performing Gender: Examining Jogappa Folk Art as a Site of Contestation and Social Change Today. TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GENDER STUDIES (ICGS) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA(NITK)
September, 2023, co-presented a paper titled: A Dance School of Their Own’: Examining Resistance and Community Action through Jogappa Nruthya from North Karnataka, at the Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS)’s National Conference.
August, 2023, co-presented a paper titled: "As Yellamma I was reborn!": Reinventing Jogappa folk culture through Digital Storytelling and Narrativization Today. TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: DRAWING MEANING THROUGH VISUAL NARRATIVES, Presidency University, Bengaluru.
May, 2023, co-presented a paper titled: Gendering Law, Engendering Change: Concerns and Issues with Respect to the JogappaCommunity, at the Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS)’s Northern Regional Conference.
Project Experience
Project Experience
Feild Investigator for MHRD’s ICSSR IMPRESS Scheme Project titled ”Women in the Intellectual and Historical Traditions of North Karnataka: A Digital Archive”
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