Team
People
Christiane Brosius
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr. Christiane Brosius is professor of visual and media anthropology at the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies in Heidelberg, Germany.
Sabin ninglekhu
Principal Investigator
Dr. Sabin Ninglekhu is a geographer and a Senior Researcher based at Social Science Baha, Kathmandu.
Stefanie Lotter
Principal Investigator
Dr. Stefanie Lotter is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS, University of London.
pooja kalita
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Pooja Kalita received her PhD from the Department of Sociology, South Asian University (New Delhi). Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, material culture, food, visuality, and placemaking.
Sasanka Perera
Principal Investigator
Dr. Sasanka Perera is former Professor of Sociology, Dean of Social Sciences and Vice President at South Asian University, New Delhi.
Monalisa Maharjan
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Monalisa Maharjan holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Évora, which focused on the indigenous practice of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. Her reserach for HaP looks at heritage activism and contestations centered around water architecture and infrastructures.
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Monica Mottin
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Monica Mottin is a Social Anthropologist and Research Fellow at the HCTS. Her project within Heritage as Placemaking studies how heritage performances make places in the Janakpur region and Kathmandu Valley.
Binita Magaiya
Research Assistant
Binita Magaiya is an architect specializing in the conservation of Monuments and Heritage structures. She completed her master’s from KU Leuven with a degree in Conservation of Monuments and Sites.
Emily hyatt
Coordination
Emily Hyatt works in the coordination of the project Heritage as Placemaking, for which she handles administration, reporting, and the project’s website. She holds an MA in Transcultural Studies from Heidelberg University.
Tara Brahme
Student Assistant
Tara Brahme is a student assistant for Heritage as Placemaking and a current M.A. student at the department for Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg. She assists with literature research and supports the project’s data management.
Emiline Smith
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Emiline Smith is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Glasgow’s School of Social and Political Sciences. Her work within HaP looks at the illegal trafficking of cultural and natural resources from the Dolpa region.
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Andrea Revilla Santos
Research Data Manager
In addition to her work in research data management, Andrea Revilla Santos is pursuing a PhD in Film Studies, focusing on the representation of aging in cinema, with particular emphasis on intergenerational relationships, caregiving, and urbanism.
Diego Jaimes-Niño
Coordination
Diego Jaimes-Niño is the coordinator of Heritage as Placemaking, for which he handles administration, project finances, and project management. He is a PhD Student at the University of Heidelberg.