Anthropology
Radhika Moral
Research Interests
sericulture, supply chain , plantations, agrarian societies, environmental change, Northeast India
Biography
Radhika is a sixth year PhD candidate in Anthropology. She studies agrarian and ecological shifts in the context of silk-farming (sericulture) in Northeast India. Her project investigates and analyzes a seasonal plantation being transformed through sustainable scaling up of production in the face of rapid ecological shifts and shrinking silkworm habitats. Broadly, the study examines developmental growth-oriented policies that seek to revitalize a small-scale industry and integrate into a larger economy of scale.
Previous Degrees:
- M.A. in Cultural Studies, Dartmouth College (2018)
- M.A. in Anthropology, Brown University (2021)
- B.A. in English Literature, Delhi University (2015)
Awards
- National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Grant (2022-23)
- Steinhaus/Zisson Graduate Research Grant, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown University (2022)
- Contemporary Center for South Asia Graduate Fellowship, Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs (2020; 2022)
- Graduate Program in Development Fellowship, Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs (2019-2020)
- Wenner Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (2022-23)