Doctor Arpita Das
Associate Lecturer, Social Work Practice,
Social Work & Communities
Biography
Arpita Das completed her PhD in Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. She has an MA in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and an MA in Women's and Gender Studies from Central European University and the University of Lodz. Most recently she has worked as a Research Fellow at the Australian National University where her research examined anti-racism in university residential colleges. Her scholarship is focused on intersex studies, reproductive technologies, sexuality education, and anti-racism. She has extensive international experience as a practitioner working on gender, sexuality, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and gender-based violence in the Global South.
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Qualifications
- PhD University of Sydney
Interests
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Social Work & Communities
Contact
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Teaching
Current Teaching Areas
- WELF7024 Social Work Practice Methods 2
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Das, A. (2024), 'Intersex persons and their families in India : critical perspectives and recommendations for social work practice', Families and Gendered Violence and Conflict: Pan-Continent Reach, Springer 9783031426025.
- Das, A. (2022), 'Examining autonomy and consent in gender assignment decisions on intersex people in India', Interdisciplinary and Global Perspectives on Intersex, Springer 9783030914745.
- Das, A. (2015), '"Abnormals" or "exceptions" : the use of technologies for intersex people and people with disabilities', Biopolitics and Utopia: An Interdisciplinary Reader, Palgrave Macmillan 9781349703180.
- Sharma, A. and Das, A. (2011), 'India : from tensions to transformation', The Lesbian and Gay Movement and the State: Comparative Insights into a Transformed Relationship, Ashgate Publishing 9781409410669.
Journal Articles
- Das, A. (2020), ''Aching to be a boy' : a preliminary analysis of gender assignment of intersex persons in India in a culture of son preference', Bioethics, vol 34, no 6 , pp 585 - 592.
- Das, A. (2020), 'Mobile subjects : transnational imaginaries of gender reassignment [Book review]', International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, vol 13, no 2 , pp 203 - 207.
- Das, A. (2019), 'The womb as a biopolitical space : examining negative selection within the context of surrogacy', International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, vol 12, no 2 , pp 54 - 73.
- Das, A. (2014), 'Sexuality education in India : examining the rhetoric, rethinking the future', Sex Education, vol 14, no 2 , pp 210 - 224.
- Das, A. (2014), 'The dildo as a transformative political tool : feminist and queer perspectives', Sexuality and Culture, vol 18, no 3 , pp 688 - 703.
- Das, A. (2009), 'From Mathura to Manorama : resisting violence against women in India [Book Review]', Violence Against Women, vol 15, no 6 , pp 745 - 748.
Other Publications
- 2016, 'Universal Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Asia: a Regional Profile', Report
- 2016, 'Right to Sexuality: Intersections with Education, Employment, Law and Citizenship', Report
- 2013, 'Interrogating Trends and Strategies: Sex Selection in Punjab', Report