Fieldwork

In the field

Ethnographic fieldwork is the foundation of my research: sustained presence, shared time, and careful attention to how people describe their own worlds.

2021 – present (doctoral fieldwork)

Ethnographic fieldwork among the Birjia

Community:: Birjia
Region:: Villages of Dauna and Purandih, Latehar district, Jharkhand, India
Methods:: Qualitative ethnographic research, participant observation, interviews and fieldwork.

Long-term ethnographic engagement with the Birjia community, focused on Indigenous knowledge systems and cultural cognition — how knowledge, kinship, livelihood and material practice are understood and transmitted in everyday life.

2018 – 2020 (MPhil fieldwork)

Fieldwork among the Korku

Community:: Korku
Region:: Amravati district, Maharashtra, India
Methods:: Ethnographic fieldwork, oral-narrative collection and interviews.

MPhil research on the folktales of the Korku tribe, examining oral history, totemic tradition, deity worship, self-governance and livelihood.

Field Notes & Photographs

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