Doctor Rishika Mukhopadhyay

Dr Rishika Mukhopadhyay

Lecturer in Development Geographies

Research interests

  • Critical heritage studies
  • Craft Economy
  • Southern Urbanism

More research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Connect with Rishika

About

Rishika is a cultural geographer with research expertise in the field of Critical Heritage Studies, Southern Urbanism and Craft Economy from a postcolonial-decolonial thinking/practice. Her work spans across two broad research strands; a. meaning, production and politics of living heritage including craft, sacred sites, sound and smell of southern cities b. community-based economies in postindustrial and postcolonial contexts.

She is currently working on two projects on nationalist urbanism and transnational diasporic heritage, supported by the British Academy and the Korean National Commission for UNESCO.

Methodologically she experiments with participatory research methods, art interventions along with ethnography. For example, see the following co-curated exhibitions and street festivals:

See the full list of her publications/media coverage/engagement work here