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Be Happy Podcast with Charles DavisEp. 20 Reena Kukreja What can we learn with children?Reena Kukreeja joins the podcast this week to tell us about what we can learn with kids. What happens to children when they are really young? How does that affect us? Children are little sponges and most of what we as human learn, we learn in those early years. How can we now speak with children so they don't repeat the same patterns we have learned from our parents and elders?This is what Reena tells us about in this episode.Reena has a Master's degree and post Graduate degree in Education from Botswana. After her fi...2025-02-2752 min
What's Brown Got To Do With It?"Shades of Belonging" Where Every Shade of Brown is a Story Worth Sharing: Navigating Colorism in Transnational Spaces with Professor Reena KukrejaIn this episode of "What's Brown Got To Do With It?" I dive deep into a crucial conversation with the insightful Professor Reena Kukreja. Join us as we explore the intricate layers of colorism within the South Asian diaspora and its impact on transnational spaces. Professor Kukreja shares her expertise, delving into the historical roots of colorism and its persistence in contemporary society.Discover the nuances of identity, self-perception, and societal expectations that individuals from the South Asian diaspora face. Through thought-provoking discussions, we navigate the intersections of culture, beauty standards, and the implications of colorism on...2024-02-2647 min
Borders & BelongingAre migrants the answer to labour shortages?Nations in the global North are struggling with labour shortages dubbed in the media as ‘the great retirement' and ‘the great resignation'. Unemployment rates are running at near-record lows. As a result many nations are letting more temporary migrant labourers in to fill the gaps. Is this a good idea? In this episode we'll hear from someone on the frontlines in the fight for migrant workers’ rights: Syed Hussan, executive director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, a group in Toronto, Canada, that comprises farmworkers, domestic workers and refugees, many of them are undocumented. 2023-02-2244 min
Borders & BelongingAre migrants the answer to labour shortages?Nations in the global North are struggling with labour shortages dubbed in the media as ‘the great retirement' and ‘the great resignation'. Unemployment rates are running at near-record lows. As a result many nations are letting more temporary migrant labourers in to fill the gaps. Is this a good idea? In this episode we'll hear from someone on the frontlines in the fight for migrant workers’ rights: Syed Hussan, executive director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, a group in Toronto, Canada, that comprises farmworkers, domestic workers and refugees, many of them are undocumented. ...2023-02-2244 min
The CosmopolitanBook launch: Marriage Migration and Dispossession of Matrimonial Choice in Neoliberal India (26.01.2023) with Dr Reena Kukreja Podcast: Studies in National and International Development Podcast SeriesEpisode: Book launch: Marriage Migration and Dispossession of Matrimonial Choice in Neoliberal India (26.01.2023) with Dr Reena KukrejaPub date: 2023-01-30Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationDrawing from her recent book, “Why Would I Be Married Here? Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India” (Cornell University Press 2022), Dr. Kukreja examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India who seek brides from outside their customary marriage pools such as from development peripheries of India. She connec...2023-02-081h 25
Studies in National and International Development Podcast SeriesBook launch: Marriage Migration and Dispossession of Matrimonial Choice in Neoliberal India (26.01.2023) with Dr Reena KukrejaDrawing from her recent book, “Why Would I Be Married Here? Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India” (Cornell University Press 2022), Dr. Kukreja examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India who seek brides from outside their customary marriage pools such as from development peripheries of India. She connects the macro-political violent […]2023-01-3000 min
New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex WorkReena Kukreja, "Why Would I Be Married Here?: Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India" (Cornell UP, 2022)Why Would I Be Married Here?: Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India (Cornell UP, 2022) examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India, unable to marry locally, who travel across the breadth of India seeking brides who do not share the same caste, ethnicity, language, or customs as themselves. Combining rich ethnographic evidence with Dalit feminist and political economy frameworks, Reena Kukreja connects the macro-political violent process of neoliberalism to the micro-personal level of marriage and intimate gender relations to analyze the lived reality of this set of migrant brides in cross-region marriages among dominant-peasant caste Hindus a...2022-07-1249 min
New Books in GenderReena Kukreja, "Why Would I Be Married Here?: Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India" (Cornell UP, 2022)Why Would I Be Married Here?: Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India (Cornell UP, 2022) examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India, unable to marry locally, who travel across the breadth of India seeking brides who do not share the same caste, ethnicity, language, or customs as themselves. Combining rich ethnographic evidence with Dalit feminist and political economy frameworks, Reena Kukreja connects the macro-political violent process of neoliberalism to the micro-personal level of marriage and intimate gender relations to analyze the lived reality of this set of migrant brides in cross-region marriages among dominant-peasant caste Hindus a...2022-07-1251 min
New Books in South Asian StudiesReena Kukreja, "Why Would I Be Married Here?: Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India" (Cornell UP, 2022)Why Would I Be Married Here?: Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India (Cornell UP, 2022) examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India, unable to marry locally, who travel across the breadth of India seeking brides who do not share the same caste, ethnicity, language, or customs as themselves. Combining rich ethnographic evidence with Dalit feminist and political economy frameworks, Reena Kukreja connects the macro-political violent process of neoliberalism to the micro-personal level of marriage and intimate gender relations to analyze the lived reality of this set of migrant brides in cross-region marriages among dominant-peasant caste Hindus a...2022-07-1251 min
New Books in AnthropologyReena Kukreja, "Why Would I Be Married Here?: Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India" (Cornell UP, 2022)Why Would I Be Married Here?: Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India (Cornell UP, 2022) examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India, unable to marry locally, who travel across the breadth of India seeking brides who do not share the same caste, ethnicity, language, or customs as themselves. Combining rich ethnographic evidence with Dalit feminist and political economy frameworks, Reena Kukreja connects the macro-political violent process of neoliberalism to the micro-personal level of marriage and intimate gender relations to analyze the lived reality of this set of migrant brides in cross-region marriages among dominant-peasant caste Hindus a...2022-07-1251 min