Dishari Chattaraj

Indian Institue of Technology Indore · School of Humanities and Social Sciences

The study focuses on how the notion of learning space is perceived and experienced by learners in the Emergency Remote Learning (ERL) scenario. In doing so, the lived experiences of remote learners who were abruptly shifted to a completely online learning space due to the pandemic COVID-19 in the Indian higher education system are documented. Onlin...

The study, through the framework of mobility and space, explores the phenomenon of multiple shifts in learning spaces induced by COVID-19. The Interpretative Phenomenological Approach (IPA) is adopted to document the experiences and perceptions of learners caught within these spatial shifts—physical, online, and hybrid. Online interviews were condu...

This book presents a machine-generated review on various works related to pedagogy and space, especially relevant to the context of the Global South, from selected papers published by Springer Nature, then organized with an editor-written introduction to each chapter. It maps conceptual engagements on space across disciplines, synthesizing emerging...

This book offers a curated collection of scholarship that significantly contributes to the shaping of Critical Food Studies in Asia. Drawing on a machine-generated literature review of select Springer publications, it highlights the critical turn in Food Studies rooted in the recognition that everyday social discourses surrounding food embody compl...

In this study, we explore food as a vital cultural artifact to gain a glimpse into its pervasive fertility in the world of music. By conducting a qualitative textual analysis, we examine the potency of food in the quotidian practices of commensality that characterize the eccentric ways in which Hindustani music practitioners organize and transmit m...

One of the most popular and contemporary areas of engagement, food fads, and culinary tourism is a rage across different parts of the world including various regions in Asia. From widely popular mukbangs, to trending food hashtags on Instagram, to the expansion of online food review platforms that run solely on user-generated content, Asia hosts so...

Questions related to food crisis, security, and sustainability have been at the forefront of both academic and popular discourses within the context of Asia given the distinct geophysical and socio-historic nature of the space. Grappling with multiple instances of natural and artificial disasters including droughts, famines, floods, pestilences, pa...

What, how, for whom, where, and when food is cooked and served are relevant questions that shape the dynamics of foodways, rituals, and festivals in Asia. On the one hand, food holds sacred values, and on the other hand, it often becomes a mode through which taboos and restrictions are expressed and experienced. An integral part of festivals and ce...

Curricular structures and pedagogical practices are at the center of any and all fields of study that are in the process of becoming a discipline at any or all academic institutions. However, unlike various Western countries where specific trajectories of food education can be located in both K-12 and tertiary educational contexts across a range of...

The tales that narrate the origin and evolution of iconic dishes, the folk songs that capture the happiness and sorrow of food production, and the recipes that evolve while being passed orally from one generation to another are some of the unique facets that make the discourses on food narrative and culinary histories in Asia fascinating. An interr...

Food preferences are heavily informed by the various values, belief systems, and practices that individuals hold closely to themselves. The food that they choose to consume very much speaks about who they are, where they are from, which community, ethnicity, and nationality they belong to, which religious practices they follow and many more. In thi...

Policies related to food, on the one hand, have been at the core of the developmental narratives of any nation, and on the other hand, they have also been the cause of various socio-political upheavals and movements across the world. Food policies have resulted in generational changes in production and consumption patterns and practices of people a...

This chapter brings together works that reflect upon the ways in which the condition of digitality, and to a certain extent post-digitality, inform pedagogical approaches and practices in an increasingly globalized world where the space–time restrictions are falling apart, thereby paving the way for a time that is defined by the uncertain, unknown,...

This chapter brings together scholarships that engage in the conceptualization of public pedagogy as well as utilizes the notion as a framework to read and interpret existing power dynamics within various sites. The various articles in the chapter explore the different ways in which the public comes into ‘being’ and also highlight the distinct ways...

This chapter brings together work not only in the field-dependent disciplines like Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Performance Studies, Teacher Education, and Urban Studies, but also publications in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine to provide insights into the interconnection between space, disciplines, and C...

Highlighting the notion of spatial distinctness and arguing for a place-based education, this chapter brings together works from various regions in the Global South including Abu Dhabi, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Nigeria, Taiwan, Zambia, and other parts of Africa, Asia Pacific, East Asia, and the United Arab Emirates to not only provide insig...

This chapter brings together a series of articles that explore the intricate relationship between space and knowledge production and consumption and, in the process, highlights the erasure of storied histories and philosophies of indigenous landscapes, and curates innovative, multicultural, inclusive, and eco-conscious pedagogical practices to rein...

A metaphor for underdevelopment, this book attempts to reclaim the term the Global South by bringing together works in and about the Global South and establish it as one of the many voices that must be heard and echoed for the initiation of what can be a less asymmetric and little imbalanced knowledge paradigm and episteme. In doing so, this introd...

Food, Memory, Space, and Storytelling are intertwined. They are formed and reformed, produced and reproduced, and their nuances shape and are shaped by individual experiences. The paper looks at this curious intersection in a Japanese web series, The Midnight Diner, an adaptation of a Manga by Yaro Abe. A tiny not-so-popular restaurant in one of th...

The pandemic has propelled vibrant discussions on the need to rethink the ways in which education can be understood and imagined during the time of crisis. In order to make sense of the distinctness of the phenomenon of learning during this time, the present study employs the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) approach to document the e...

The disengaging experiences reported in the online mode of learning have resulted in considerable deliberations highlighting the need for pedagogical innovations. Therefore, it is crucial to rethink these ideas and develop pedagogical approaches that accommodate a dynamic understanding of learning spaces and meet the demands of the teaching–learnin...

The paper explores how the experiences of the present pandemic are shaped by the memories of popular religious piety during past pandemics and epidemics. Taking insights from the works of Astrid Erll and Reinhart Koselleck, the process ‘remembering-imagining system’ within the context of the pandemic is discussed by tracing the reemergence of pande...

Food choices represent conscious affirmation and expression of personal, group, ethnic or national identity. Due to its multidimensional role, food that we rely on sustenance is often politicised and used as a tool to create conflict amongst and within diverse social groups. Assamese cuisine includes a rich platter of authentic food varieties, ofte...

The study briefly analyzes the ELT situation in India which is replete with challenges emerging from the lack of engagement with the phenomenon of digitality that further shapes the existing nature of learning and the needs of the learner. After locating the position of English Language in the new the education policy of India, the paper discusses...

The importance of Language Learning Strategies (LLS) has been widely discussed in the literature. LLS contribute to the main goal of achieving communicative competence, make the learner more self directed, expand the role of the teacher from an instructor to a facilitator, focus on the problem areas of the learners, involve many aspects of learners...

Developing from the thesis that understanding is the key to any and all meaningful conversation/s, this study focuses on the facilitation of listening skills among foreign language learners. It is conducted with the objective to find out the most effective ways in which an instructor can enable the development of listening skills among the learners...