Paul Nataraj
Biographic Data
| ID | 1303120 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Nataraj |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Nataraj |
| SIGNATURE | NATARAJ P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loughborough University |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-8088-4083 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Researching postcolonial memory
This article sets out methodological principles for conducting postcolonial memory studies research. Pasts associated with colonialism and their contemporary social articulation can be empirically challenging for several reasons, including their uncertain, often inarticulable, contradictory, and painful nature, which materialise in social research encounters. To navigate such challenges, we argue for the value and application of creative methodol…
Remembering voices
This article provides a critical case study of the singing of the Kazi Nazrul Islam song ‘Karar O’ Lohou Kapat’ (Break Down the Iron Doors), by members of the Bangladeshi cultural organisation Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, in Tower Hamlets London, in 2022, 100 years after the song was originally penned, to analyse the affect of memories mobilised through singing, and their relationship to diasporic identity formation. We synthesise perspectives from po…
Partition at 75
In 2017, the 70th anniversary of the Partition of British India was widely discussed in the UK, not only within academic and cultural circles, but also in popular culture. Five years later, on the 75th anniversary of Partition, the scholarly, cultural and community interest in the events of 1947 intersected with the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of the South Asian population from Uganda, and the 70th anniversary of the L…
Introduction - Partition and the South Asian diaspora
This short piece introduces the special issue ‘Partition and the South Asian diaspora: exploring (inherited) memories and creative practices of remembering’. This issue was conceived at the juncture of intersecting commemorations of key historical events–1947 Partition of British India, 1971 Bangladesh independence and 1972 exodus from Uganda–in South Asia and its diasporas. By bringing together articles focused on practices of commemorating thes…
Remembering voices
This article provides a critical case study of the singing of the Kazi Nazrul Islam song ‘Karar O’ Lohou Kapat’ (Break Down the Iron Doors), by members of the Bangladeshi cultural organisation Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, in Tower Hamlets London, in 2022, 100 years after the song was originally penned, to analyse the affect of memories mobilised through singing, and their relationship to diasporic identity formation. We synthesise perspectives from po…
Partition at 75
In 2017, the 70th anniversary of the Partition of British India was widely discussed in the UK, not only within academic and cultural circles, but also in popular culture. Five years later, on the 75th anniversary of Partition, the scholarly, cultural and community interest in the events of 1947 intersected with the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of the South Asian population from Uganda, and the 70th anniversary of the L…
Introduction - Partition and the South Asian diaspora
This short piece introduces the special issue ‘Partition and the South Asian diaspora: exploring (inherited) memories and creative practices of remembering’. This issue was conceived at the juncture of intersecting commemorations of key historical events–1947 Partition of British India, 1971 Bangladesh independence and 1972 exodus from Uganda–in South Asia and its diasporas. By bringing together articles focused on practices of commemorating thes…
Remembering voices
This article provides a critical case study of the singing of the Kazi Nazrul Islam song ‘Karar O’ Lohou Kapat’ (Break Down the Iron Doors), by members of the Bangladeshi cultural organisation Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, in Tower Hamlets London, in 2022, 100 years after the song was originally penned, to analyse the affect of memories mobilised through singing, and their relationship to diasporic identity formation. We synthesise perspectives from po…
Researching postcolonial memory
This article sets out methodological principles for conducting postcolonial memory studies research. Pasts associated with colonialism and their contemporary social articulation can be empirically challenging for several reasons, including their uncertain, often inarticulable, contradictory, and painful nature, which materialise in social research encounters. To navigate such challenges, we argue for the value and application of creative methodol…
Diaspora (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works)