Nishaant Choksi
Nishaant Choksi received his PhD in anthropology from the University of Michigan followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Kyoto University in Japan. Currently, he is assistant professor of social sciences at Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar in Gujarat, India. His research areas include the study of script and writing systems, language and performance, the aesthetic component of language, cultural politics of heritage, and issues of self-governance and livelihood. Choksi examines these themes mainly with respect to the situation of Adivasi communities of India, with whom he has been conducting ethnographic research for almost two decades. His ongoing field projects include work with Bhili speakers in eastern Gujarat, Mundari speakers in Jharkhand, Santali speakers in West Bengal, and collaborative projects with communities in Northeastern India. Choksi has published articles in several peer reviewed journals such as the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Modern Asian Studies, Language and Society, and South Asian History and Culture.
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