Usree Bhattacharya
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780655 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Usree Bhattacharya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Usree |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhattacharya |
| SIGNATURE | BHATTACHARYA U |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5993-7197 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
English and the Vernaculars from a Postcolonial Perspective
This entry examines the dynamic relationship between English and vernacular literacy practices in India through a postcolonial lens. It traces how colonial educational policies and ideologies established enduring hierarchies of language, literacy, and power that continue to shape India's multilingual landscape. English, introduced as a language of administration and prestige, now functions both as a tool of social mobility and as a marker of ineq…
Exploring literacy engagement in a significant disability context
This study tackles the question: how is literacy engagement enacted in the context of significant disability? We delve into the complex literacy practices of Kalika, a three-year-old child with Rett syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, to elucidate how she engages with printed text. Rett syndrome leads to near total loss of verbal communication and limited functional hand use, making it particularly challenging to participate in traditio…
Speaking across cultures: Decolonization and disability in a multilingual world
This qualitative study, inspired by a decolonizing Advaita (non-dualistic) perspective, examines the intricate relationship between language, literacy, and disability. It centers on my daughter Kalika, a child with Rett syndrome who is medically categorized as "nonverbal" and navigates communication through eye-tracking Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) technology. This journey illustrates the challenges and triumphs of integrating…
“I Am a Parrot”: Literacy Ideologies and Rote Learning
Widely prevalent in a variety of educational contexts around the world, rote learning practices entail repetition techniques to acquire new knowledge. These practices have long been critiqued because of the emphasis on recall rather than deep understanding. Less attention has been directed, however, at the literacy ideologies underpinning such practices: specifically, how such practices shape what students perceive as learning and how they see th…
The right to education act (2009): Instructional medium and dis-citizenship
While the broader ambition of the Indian government's Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act (2009) has been lauded, scholars have expressed reservations with the universal education measure. One area that has not been adequately addressed within these debates is the instructional medium. While RTE (2009) recognizes children who are "disadvantaged" as linguistic minorities, and stipulates that the "medium of instruction shal…
Resisting English: Excavating English Ideologies of Young Boys through Chutkule at an Indian Orphanage
The prevailing scholarship on Indians’ beliefs about English has, with few exceptions, largely failed to capture ideological resistance. Given the supremacy of English within the hierarchically ordered and unequal linguistic landscape in India, this study intervenes within this limited area of research. This investigation excavates ideologies of resistance to English through chutkule, a humorous folk genre, narrated by young boys at an anathashra…
Colonization and English ideologies in India: A language policy perspective
Reconsidering English studies in Indian higher education
Mediating inequalities: Exploring English-medium instruction in a suburban Indian village school
India is home to 1652 languages, but only 22 are officially recognized. And while the Constitution requires local authorities to provide mother tongue instruction in schools (Article 350A, Constitution of India), a mere 43 languages are used nationally as instructional medium. An exploding demand for English-medium schooling across socio-economic divides further complicates the language-in-education context. This case study, a sub-part of a broad…
Dans les traces de Hymes et au-delà: Les Études De La Socialisation Langagière
Cet article met en relief le rôle des travaux de Dell Hymes dans l'élaboration du paradigme de la socialisation langagière et l'influence de concepts clés de son œuvre sur ce courant de recherche, dans lequel ces concepts ont été investis et ré-élaborés. Ainsi, en premier lieu, cette contribution examine la place primordiale accordée au contexte social et culturel par Hymes, et, à sa suite, par les chercheur.e.s sur la socialisation langagière, q…
Mediating inequalities: Exploring English-medium instruction in a suburban Indian village school
India is home to 1652 languages, but only 22 are officially recognized. And while the Constitution requires local authorities to provide mother tongue instruction in schools (Article 350A, Constitution of India), a mere 43 languages are used nationally as instructional medium. An exploding demand for English-medium schooling across socio-economic divides further complicates the language-in-education context. This case study, a sub-part of a broad…
Colonization and English ideologies in India: A language policy perspective
The right to education act (2009): Instructional medium and dis-citizenship
While the broader ambition of the Indian government's Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act (2009) has been lauded, scholars have expressed reservations with the universal education measure. One area that has not been adequately addressed within these debates is the instructional medium. While RTE (2009) recognizes children who are "disadvantaged" as linguistic minorities, and stipulates that the "medium of instruction shal…
Dans les traces de Hymes et au-delà: Les Études De La Socialisation Langagière
Cet article met en relief le rôle des travaux de Dell Hymes dans l'élaboration du paradigme de la socialisation langagière et l'influence de concepts clés de son œuvre sur ce courant de recherche, dans lequel ces concepts ont été investis et ré-élaborés. Ainsi, en premier lieu, cette contribution examine la place primordiale accordée au contexte social et culturel par Hymes, et, à sa suite, par les chercheur.e.s sur la socialisation langagière, q…
Resisting English: Excavating English Ideologies of Young Boys through Chutkule at an Indian Orphanage
The prevailing scholarship on Indians’ beliefs about English has, with few exceptions, largely failed to capture ideological resistance. Given the supremacy of English within the hierarchically ordered and unequal linguistic landscape in India, this study intervenes within this limited area of research. This investigation excavates ideologies of resistance to English through chutkule, a humorous folk genre, narrated by young boys at an anathashra…
Reconsidering English studies in Indian higher education
Dans les traces de Hymes et au-delà: Les Études De La Socialisation Langagière
Cet article met en relief le rôle des travaux de Dell Hymes dans l'élaboration du paradigme de la socialisation langagière et l'influence de concepts clés de son œuvre sur ce courant de recherche, dans lequel ces concepts ont été investis et ré-élaborés. Ainsi, en premier lieu, cette contribution examine la place primordiale accordée au contexte social et culturel par Hymes, et, à sa suite, par les chercheur.e.s sur la socialisation langagière, q…
Mediating inequalities: Exploring English-medium instruction in a suburban Indian village school
India is home to 1652 languages, but only 22 are officially recognized. And while the Constitution requires local authorities to provide mother tongue instruction in schools (Article 350A, Constitution of India), a mere 43 languages are used nationally as instructional medium. An exploding demand for English-medium schooling across socio-economic divides further complicates the language-in-education context. This case study, a sub-part of a broad…
Colonization and English ideologies in India: A language policy perspective
Reconsidering English studies in Indian higher education
Resisting English: Excavating English Ideologies of Young Boys through Chutkule at an Indian Orphanage
The prevailing scholarship on Indians’ beliefs about English has, with few exceptions, largely failed to capture ideological resistance. Given the supremacy of English within the hierarchically ordered and unequal linguistic landscape in India, this study intervenes within this limited area of research. This investigation excavates ideologies of resistance to English through chutkule, a humorous folk genre, narrated by young boys at an anathashra…
The right to education act (2009): Instructional medium and dis-citizenship
While the broader ambition of the Indian government's Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act (2009) has been lauded, scholars have expressed reservations with the universal education measure. One area that has not been adequately addressed within these debates is the instructional medium. While RTE (2009) recognizes children who are "disadvantaged" as linguistic minorities, and stipulates that the "medium of instruction shal…
“I Am a Parrot”: Literacy Ideologies and Rote Learning
Widely prevalent in a variety of educational contexts around the world, rote learning practices entail repetition techniques to acquire new knowledge. These practices have long been critiqued because of the emphasis on recall rather than deep understanding. Less attention has been directed, however, at the literacy ideologies underpinning such practices: specifically, how such practices shape what students perceive as learning and how they see th…
Exploring literacy engagement in a significant disability context
This study tackles the question: how is literacy engagement enacted in the context of significant disability? We delve into the complex literacy practices of Kalika, a three-year-old child with Rett syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, to elucidate how she engages with printed text. Rett syndrome leads to near total loss of verbal communication and limited functional hand use, making it particularly challenging to participate in traditio…
Speaking across cultures: Decolonization and disability in a multilingual world
This qualitative study, inspired by a decolonizing Advaita (non-dualistic) perspective, examines the intricate relationship between language, literacy, and disability. It centers on my daughter Kalika, a child with Rett syndrome who is medically categorized as "nonverbal" and navigates communication through eye-tracking Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) technology. This journey illustrates the challenges and triumphs of integrating…
English and the Vernaculars from a Postcolonial Perspective
This entry examines the dynamic relationship between English and vernacular literacy practices in India through a postcolonial lens. It traces how colonial educational policies and ideologies established enduring hierarchies of language, literacy, and power that continue to shape India's multilingual landscape. English, introduced as a language of administration and prestige, now functions both as a tool of social mobility and as a marker of ineq…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Ideology (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Literacy (4 works) · Politics (4 works)