The Roti Collective podcast is series of public feminist conversations hosted by Dr. Mariam Durrani 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.
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Episode 2: Both/And Reflections on our Nov 2021 Event
Apr 17, 2024
In our second episode, Dr. Mariam Durrani is joined by Megha Rastogi, a former undergraduate at American University and Roti Collective researcher, and together they offer decolonial feminist reflections based on selected audio clips from our November 2021 event “Roti as Care, Roti as Craft, Roti as Community” at the Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia.
Episode 1: Introduction to Roti as Care, as Craft, as Community
Feb 22, 2023
In this inaugural episode, Dr. Mariam Durrani introduces listeners to the Roti Collective as a series of collaborative public and academic research engagements where we study, and celebrate, roti, as a global food across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and their diasporas everywhere else. This episode features Ravena Pernanand’s 2021 research audio essay that explores roti and roti-making as a significant community tradition and care-based practice among Indo-Guyanese women and communities living the United States.
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