Dr. Pratisha Borborah

Dr. Pratisha Borborah

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. : Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Research Interests:

Economic Sociology, Urban Sociology, Gender Studies, Social Stratification
Joined the University in Dec 20, 2019

Phone: 9958976406
Email: pratisha.borborah@cottonuniversity.ac.in

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About

Dr. Pratisha Borborah

Career/ Services

  • PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  • Mphil, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  • M.A, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  • B.A in Kamala Nehru College, Delhi University, New Delhi

Teaching

  • BLA 1st Semester (Sociological Foundation Course)
  • BLA 2nd Semester (Sociological Thinkers)
  • B.A 3rd Semester (Ecoonomic Sociology)
  • B.A 4rth Semester (Sociological Thought II)
  • M.A 1st Semester (Economy and Society)
  • M.A 2nd Semester (Urban Sociology)
  • M.A 3rd Semester (Media and Culture)
  • M.A 4rth Semester (Sociology of Education)

Experience

  • Assistant Professor in Cotton University, Assam from December 2019 till present
  • Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) in Maitreyi College, Delhi University from July 2017 till December 2019.
  • Guest Lecturer in Kamala Nehru College, Delhi University, January 2017 to July 2017.

Research Projects

Co-mentor in Summer Internship Research Project for undergraduate students Women and Desire: Exploring Female Sexuality, period: May 2019-July 2019, Sponsoring Agency: Maitreyi College (Project Completed)

Research paper publications till 2021

  1. Changing Scenario of Handicrafts in India and its impact on Village Economy in an edited volume by Tezpur University on Tourism and Handicrafts: A Sustainable Approach (New Delhi, Excel Publishers 2015).
  2. Beyond Society’s Veil: On Draupadi’s Body, Identity and Desires chapter in Alter Reading: Literature, Society and State, published by Panchajanya Books 2019, Guwahati, ISBN: 978-93-88645-44-7.
  3. Craft as a Commodity: A Study of Markets and a Change in Consumer Culture, (2020), Shodh Sarita, ISSN- 2348-2397, Vol 7, No. 28, pp. 59-63
  4. Community, Trust and Belonging: Reflections from a Periodic Market in Assam (2020), Journal of North East India Studies, ISSN- 2278-1455, Vol 10, No. 2, pp. 50-66.5
  5. Baruah, Cihnnita and Borborah, Pratisha (2021): "A re-imagined community: Pandemic, Media and State, India Review, Vol 20, No. 2, pp. 176-193. Online ISSN: 1557-3036

Chapters/Articles publications in Books (Research Oriented)

1. Borborah, Pratisha and Das, Jyoti (2021): "Bringing the World inside Home: Media, Advertisements and Changing Forms of Consumerism" in an edited book Sociological Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic in India, Springer: Singapore Pte Limited, ISBN- 978-981-16-2319-6

Book publication other than subject concerned

A Recipe on the Plate: Pandemic and the Art of Social Media (Counter Current publications) https://countercurrents.org/2020/05/a-recipe-on-the-plate-pandemic-and-the-art-of-social-media/?fbclid=IwAR15X_3a3VHvtiP5Fb9Ls2yZItqjUjmDnxVQL8YjZErr1WMqXAJoKXJKcew

Covid 19 Pandemic and Educational Crisis in India (published in India Resists)

https://indiaresists.com/covid-19-pandemic-and-educational-crisis-in-india/?fbclid=IwAR3sgzRW0yfFxl3knFwI6lbFwXzu-QsONESunKfExQoJqBK0IkyROJJ0TS0

 

Face Masks as a Fashion Statement: About Collective Consciousness and Class Distinction https://doingsociology2020.blogspot.com/2020/06/face-mask-as-fashion-statement-about.html

 

Other Informations

    1.  Meat is to Male and Vegetables is to Female: Gendered Food in a Weekly Market in Assam, 5th Annual South Asia Conference, Ireland India Institute, Dublin, 26th-29th April 2022.

    2. Bringing the world Home: Social Media and Identity, Webinar organized by Maitreyi College, Delhi University and Cotton University, Assam on “Home and the World in a Pandemic: Redefining the Normal’, 7th May, 2020.

    3. Mobility, Vulnerability and Informality: A Study of Everyday Precariousness in a Periodic Market in Assam: Research Workshop 2018 organised by Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies, Goethe University of Frankfurt and University of Bielefeld, Germany

    4. From Village to Cities: Understanding Livelihood in Periodic Markets in Guwahati, Assam: Graduate Conference 2017 organised by South Asia Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

    5. From Utility to Ethnic: Indian Handicrafts in a Post-Modern Consumer Society: National Level Graduate Research Meet 2015 organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam.

    6. Development of Village Economies: The role of Handicraft industry in XL (40th) All India Sociological Conference of the Indian Sociological Society organised by Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, sponsored by UGC & ICSSR, New Delhi