Tanu Gupta
University of Ladakh, Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Government College for Women Parade
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About
I am currently teaching in the Department of English at the University of Ladakh. I have completed my PhD in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Jammu. As a Cultural Anthropologist, my research explores the lived realities of the transhumant pastoral communities of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly the Gujjars and Bakerwals, through the lenses of Eco-philosophy, Human-Animal Studies, Posthumanism, and Socio-Cultural Cognition. For my Doctoral Thesis, I have engaged myself in practically observing and experiencing the unique rhythm of their life world, in exploring how the oral narratives of Gujjars and Bakerwals can be duly examined, their deep cultural content analyzed, and their ritualistic performances semiotically read.
Employment
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University of Ladakh Assistant Professor2025 - Present
Education
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Indian Institute of Technology Jammu PhD2020 - 2025
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Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Master of Arts2017 - 2019
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Government College for Women Parade Bachelors in Science2014 - 2017
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KC International School Higher Secondary2004 - 2014
Projects & Funding
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Publications (4)
- Transhumance Pastoralism and Multispecies Mutuality: Analyzing the Embodied Space of Triangulation in Gujjars and Bakerwals Save
- Postpositional locative expressions in Dogri: a syntactic-semantic analysis of spatial, directional, and temporal relations Save
- Uprooted when settled: Koonj and Kuku in the changing migrating identity of Gujjars and Bakerwals, the transhumant pastoralist of Jammu and Kashmir Save
- From words to worlds: language, identity, and transgenerational change in Gujjars and Bakerwals, the transhumant pastoral tribe of Jammu and Kashmir Save