About
I am a human geographer whose research straddles cultural, political and participatory geographies.
Much of my work examines the legacies of colonialism in the past and the present. My research has explored how South Indian anticolonial activists imagined what the world after colonialism would look like - explored in detail in my book "Geographies of Anticolonialism" (Wiley, 2019) which was published in the Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) Book Series. I am particularly interested in the culture and politics of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
I also conduct participatory and collaborative research in India and the UK with communities and volunteers. These include "Schools Beyond Books" a collaboration between the University of Liverpool, and Urban Design Collective, Chennai, which has installed green infrastructure in a number of Chennai's Government Schools. Elsewhere, I am currently collaborating with colleagues in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences and the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences on seismic hazard education in Maharashtra. In Liverpool, I work with a number of colleagues and local organisations to develop participatory knowledge about colonial and other legacies which are visible in the city.
This research often produces outputs beyond traditional academic papers, and I have been involved in projects which have produced radio documentaries, maps, public walking tours, podcasts, practitioner toolkits and more.
If you are interested in working together on related topics, including for PhD supervision, then do get in touch.
Funded Fellowships
- BASAS/ECAF Fellowship (British Association of South Asian Studies, 2013)