At the Roti Collective, we strive to combine academic research with social dialogue, contributing to an ever-expanding field of knowledge. Here, you can find the many research projects we have conducted.
Student Research
We have had many talented student researchers that have conducted groundbreaking research in different subject areas, from diaspora studies to labor.
Liam Garcia-Quish
Megha Rastogi
Khaana Khazana: Food Labor in Cosmopolitan India
Podcast
The Roti Collective podcast is series of public feminist conversations and events focusing on roti as an everyday form of intergenerational care for loved ones, as craft that requires deep experiential knowledge, and as a community that connects people across south Asia, southeast Asia, east Africa, the Caribbean, and their respective diasporas everywhere. Tune in and listen to what we can learn about ourselves, our shared histories, and our differences through roti as care, as craft, and as community.
More Research From Us
Article: Tracing Roti’s Pasts, Presents, and Futures
Read our article featured in Sapiens, an independent anthropology magazine by the Wenner-Gren Foundation.
Interview: How Roti Helps Us Understand Gender, Identity, and Heritage
SIS professor Mariam Durrani answers a few questions about her collaborative research initiative, The Roti Collective.
Roti Memes and Analysis
An archive and analysis of roti-related memes, illustrations, and online discourses by millennial and Gen Z social media creators and users, who often use the food to narrate their experiences and reflections on identity, gender, migration, and growing up.
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