Ms Arunima Das
Associate Lecturer in Culture and Society,
Humanities (Arts)
Biography
Arunima Kishore Das joined the School of Humanities and Communication Arts as an Associate Lecturer in Culture and Society in April 2023 after completing her PhD in the same discipline. Her PhD project primarily documented the sexual harassment (SH) of women by critically examining women commuters’ SH narratives, NGO interventions and women activists’ contemporary autonomous digital media initiatives to address sexual harassment on public buses in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Arunima's PhD research has been featured as an innovative and impact-oriented research in issue 5 of Western Sydney University’s research journal, Future Makers (https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/future-makers/issue-five/building-a-better-understanding-of-sexual-harassment). Before commencing PhD, she completed a Master’s degree in Women and Gender Studies. Her teaching and research interests include critical theorization of race, racism and multiculturalism, gendered space, migration, masculinities, gender-based violence, feminism and digital media campaigns.
Arunima is also very passionate about decolonising the curriculum, and anti-racism activism.
This information has been contributed by Ms Das.
Qualifications
- B.Soc.Sc University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
- MSocSc University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Awards
- Research Training Programme Stipend Scholarship 2018-01-02
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Humanities (Arts)
Contact
| Email: | A.Das@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Location: | Parramatta |
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Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 101551 Understanding Society, 2020
- 101561 Gender, Crime and Violence, 2020
- 101611 Home and Away: Ethnicity and Migration in Australia, 2020
- 101900 Working with Communities, 2019
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Das, A. (2020), 'Gender-responsive public transport', Sustainable Cities and Communities: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer 9783319710617.
- Roy, S. and Das, A. (2019), 'Employment and social stability : revisiting the Sustainable Development Goal 9 for rural Bangladesh', Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer Nature 9783319710594.
- Das, A. (2019), 'Women's commuting environment in public buses in Dhaka City : a case of men's perspectives', Gender and Diversity: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, IGI Global 9781522569138.
Journal Articles
- Roy, S., Zafarullah, H. and Das, A. (2020), 'Unwrapping the memory box : gendered livelihoods in a forest community in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh', Asian Journal of Social Science, vol 48, no 3-4 , pp 375 - 394.
- Das, A. (2019), 'Rethinking feminist activism in the digital era : a case study of a social media campaign from Bangladesh', Global Media Journal: Australian Edition, vol 13, no 1 .
- Das, A. and Roy, S. (2015), 'Unheard narratives of sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) of adolescent girls of the Holy Cross College, Dhaka, Bangladesh', IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol 21, no 2 , pp 1 - 8.