Archana Kumari
Biographic Data
| ID | 5804781 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Archana Kumari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Archana |
| FAMILY NAME | Kumari |
| SIGNATURE | KUMARI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5427-1434 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Representation of the Mahakumbh in global media
Introduction The Mahakumbh, world's largest peaceful mass gathering, occupies a unique place in the spiritual and cultural fabric of India. More than just a cultural– religious festival, the Mahakumbh embodies many rubrics that have survived over time, such as a legacy of faith, collective memory, and social unity. From travel bloggers to documentary filmmakers, and over-the top (OTT) platforms to live coverage, the Mahakumbh has been covered glo…
Comparing News Beat Structures across 13 Countries
Almost 200 years after their inception, news beats became a dominant factor that shapes newsrooms. This study explores the beat mix of leading quality dailies in 13 countries. Findings are based on executive interviews triangulated with other data sources. They indicate a shift from geographic to thematic division of labour and the rising trend of beat sub-specialisation. Newsroom size matters but not linearly: larger newsrooms are not larger acr…
Concurrently fading away and strengthening
One of the structuring logics behind the creation of news beats is the geographical one: that is, national, foreign and local news desks. Foreign and local beats, in particular, have a lot in common: the coverage of different geographical contexts increases the diversity and plurality of views; reporting from geographical peripheries is always the costliest in terms of production; the audience is more dispersed; and geographical news beats can cr…
Rethinking Ethnography Through ‘the Event’; Event and Everyday
Event and Everyday: Empiricisms and Epistemology; edited by Yasmeen Arif, 2024; pp. xxii + 329, Rs. 1900 (paperback)
Girmitiyas and the Global Indian Diaspora
Many Indians journeyed out of India to supplant the loss of slave labour in the former European plantation colonies of Mauritius, South Africa, Fiji, and the Caribbean from the early nineteenth century onwards. This book aims to highlight the careers of these migrants who served as vital agents in building the global society of the twenty-first century. It explores the transformative experiences of those who migrated, and the memories of those wh…
Flora, religion, cure and identity
Positioning of Women in Advertisements
In Indian society, across the regions women are changing, becoming confident, decisive, taking a lead and consequently Indian advertisements have also changed the way of positioning women and their issues. Where in 1984, the female protagonist of Surf advertisement, famously remembered as Lalita Ji, was projected as dedicated housewife, in 90’s the advertisement of Nirma Washing Powder also projected the female characters as housewives washing cl…
Adopting Industry 4.0 by leveraging organisational factors
Self-Concept and Academic Achievement of Students at the Higher Secondary Level
Self-concept is the cognitive aspect of self and generally refers to the totality of a complex, organized and dynamic system of learned beliefs, attitudes and opinions that each person holds to be true about his or her personal existence. Self-concept and achievement are dynamically interactive and reciprocal. It is found that certain psychological factors like self-concept plays a major role in determining the academic achievement of students. H…
E-Governance at Grassroots Level in South Asia
E-Governance at Grassroots Level in South Asia
Self-Concept and Academic Achievement of Students at the Higher Secondary Level
Self-concept is the cognitive aspect of self and generally refers to the totality of a complex, organized and dynamic system of learned beliefs, attitudes and opinions that each person holds to be true about his or her personal existence. Self-concept and achievement are dynamically interactive and reciprocal. It is found that certain psychological factors like self-concept plays a major role in determining the academic achievement of students. H…
Positioning of Women in Advertisements
In Indian society, across the regions women are changing, becoming confident, decisive, taking a lead and consequently Indian advertisements have also changed the way of positioning women and their issues. Where in 1984, the female protagonist of Surf advertisement, famously remembered as Lalita Ji, was projected as dedicated housewife, in 90’s the advertisement of Nirma Washing Powder also projected the female characters as housewives washing cl…
Adopting Industry 4.0 by leveraging organisational factors
Girmitiyas and the Global Indian Diaspora
Many Indians journeyed out of India to supplant the loss of slave labour in the former European plantation colonies of Mauritius, South Africa, Fiji, and the Caribbean from the early nineteenth century onwards. This book aims to highlight the careers of these migrants who served as vital agents in building the global society of the twenty-first century. It explores the transformative experiences of those who migrated, and the memories of those wh…
Flora, religion, cure and identity
Concurrently fading away and strengthening
One of the structuring logics behind the creation of news beats is the geographical one: that is, national, foreign and local news desks. Foreign and local beats, in particular, have a lot in common: the coverage of different geographical contexts increases the diversity and plurality of views; reporting from geographical peripheries is always the costliest in terms of production; the audience is more dispersed; and geographical news beats can cr…
Rethinking Ethnography Through ‘the Event’; Event and Everyday
Event and Everyday: Empiricisms and Epistemology; edited by Yasmeen Arif, 2024; pp. xxii + 329, Rs. 1900 (paperback)
Representation of the Mahakumbh in global media
Introduction The Mahakumbh, world's largest peaceful mass gathering, occupies a unique place in the spiritual and cultural fabric of India. More than just a cultural– religious festival, the Mahakumbh embodies many rubrics that have survived over time, such as a legacy of faith, collective memory, and social unity. From travel bloggers to documentary filmmakers, and over-the top (OTT) platforms to live coverage, the Mahakumbh has been covered glo…
Comparing News Beat Structures across 13 Countries
Almost 200 years after their inception, news beats became a dominant factor that shapes newsrooms. This study explores the beat mix of leading quality dailies in 13 countries. Findings are based on executive interviews triangulated with other data sources. They indicate a shift from geographic to thematic division of labour and the rising trend of beat sub-specialisation. Newsroom size matters but not linearly: larger newsrooms are not larger acr…
Business (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Diaspora (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)