Dr. Kajri Jain
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| Dr. Kajri Jain | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏫 Education | PhD, University of Sydney, Art History and Theory
MA, University of Sydney, Art History and Theory PEP, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Visual Communication |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👔 Employer | University of Toronto Mississauga |
| Known for | Gods in the Bazaar Gods in the Time of Democracy |
Dr. Kajri Jain is an Indian author, researcher and educator. Her research focuses on the efficacies, affects, and values associated with images as a material. She writes about the relationship of images with religion, politics, and vernacular business cultures in modern and contemporary India.[1][2] She is known for her book Gods in The Bazaar which presents an ethnographic exploration of visual culture in India through calendar art.[3] She is currently an Associate Professor of Indian Visual Culture and Contemporary Art at the University of Toronto, Mississauga.[4]
Life and Work[edit]
Jain has trained and worked as a graphic designer in India. She was a student at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad (NID) where she studied visual communication. Post NID, she started a firm in New Delhi with her friends, called Pachisi Design/Research.[5] She studied at the University of Sydney where she received her MA and her PhD in Art History and Theory.[4] Currently, she teaches Modern and Contemporary Art, and South Asian Arts at the University of Toronto, focusing on interrogating the disciplinary assumptions of art history, cinema studies, and visual studies in Indian Contemporary Art from a postcolonial and transcultural approach.
Selected Publications[edit]
- Gods in the Time of Democracy, Durham: Duke University Press, 2021[6]
- Gods in The Bazaar - The Economies of Indian Calendar Art, Durham: Duke University Press, 2007[3]
Awards and Honours / Grants[edit]
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant, 2018-23: "Inorganic Nature and Public Space in Post-Liberalization India."
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council Standard Research Grant, 2009-12: "Highways to Heaven: Religious Spectacles and their Publics in Post-Reform India." Nominated for Aurora Prize (for outstanding new researchers).[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Kajri Jain". Khoj. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- ↑ "Kajri Jain – The Immanent Frame". SSRC The Immanent Frame. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Gods in the Bazaar".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Kajri Jain – Asian Institute". munkschool.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- ↑ Sett, Alisha; Jain, Kajri (2020). "What Renders the Master's House Unrecognizable? An Interview with Kajri Jain". Master (Vol. 5, no. 2): 96. ISSN 2712-4894.
- ↑ "Gods in the Time of Democracy".
- ↑ "Kajri Jain". arthistory.utoronto.ca. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
External links[edit]
- Talk on How Secular is Art on YouTube
- Talk on Oversized Statues Are About Identity on YouTube
- Talk on The Politics of Monumental Statues in India on YouTube
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