BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d45f9aee04c84081a4aaf95c02d1830b CATEGORIES:Lecture / Reading / Talk CREATED:20240131T113402 SUMMARY:Eating Healthy Food in Urban India: The Role of Digital Technology - A Talk By Dr. Rituparna Patgiri DESCRIPTION:The Sociology Faculty Department of Social Sciences | Invites you for a tal k on Eating Healthy Food in Urban India: The Role of Digital Technology By Dr. Rituparna PatgiriAbstract: After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, th e relationship between food habits and health are back in the spotlight, pa rticularly in the urban Indian context. There are several prescriptions abo ut food from medical experts, health practitioners, nutritional experts and even laypeople. There is a lot of talk about how a healthy lifestyle is im portant to fight the virus and its consequences. The emphasis on eating hea lthy is not new. Indian food practices have been traditionally governed by health-related rules and regulations. What is, however, new is how the digi tal sphere is used by the practitioners to disseminate information about di et and health. This knowledge is then used by the consumers to facilitate t heir own ideas about food and health, often making the boundaries between t he credible and the fake porous. The importance of the digital in health is also further increased by the state push towards the digitalization of hea lth services. Thus, by using data from Delhi, this paper looks at how ideas of healthy food are constructed with the help of digital technology in pri marily the urban context.\nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Rituparna Patgiri is curr ently affiliated with the Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (TSLAS ), Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET), Patiala. She has earlier taught at Indraprastha College for Women (IPCW), University of Delh i, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and Gauhati University. Dr. Patgiri has earned her PhD in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), MA in S ociology from the Delhi School of Economics (DSE), University of Delhi and BA (Honours) in Sociology from Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR), Unive rsity of Delhi. Dr. Patgiri also holds a post- graduate diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peace Building (CTPB) from Lady Shri Ram College for Wo men, University of Delhi. Dr. Patgiri has been a recipient of the Krishna R aj Fellowship in 2013 and the Zubaan-Sasakawa Peace Foundation Grants for Y oung Researchers from the Northeast for 2020-2021. Her research interests l ie in exploring questions of culture, food, media, gender and pedagogy.\nDr . Patgiri is one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology (https://doingsociol ogy.org/about/) - an academic blog dedicated to promoting sociological cons ciousness amongst young students and scholars and a host with New Books Net work - a consortium of author-interview podcast channels dedicated to raisi ng the level of public discourse by introducing scholars and other serious writers to a wide public via new media. She is also an acting project fello w in the North-South Dialogue project between Doing Sociology and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington\nVenu e: Zoom platform\nJoin Zoom Link: https://flameuniversity.zoom. us/s/98455176036\nMeeting ID: 984 5517 6036\nPasscode: 727515\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Sociology Faculty Department of Social Sciences | Invites you for a talk on Eating Healthy Food in Urban India: The Role of Digital Technology By Dr. Rituparna Patgiri

Abstract: After the onset of the CO VID-19 pandemic, the relationship between food habits and health are back i n the spotlight, particularly in the urban Indian context. There are severa l prescriptions about food from medical experts, health practitioners, nutr itional experts and even laypeople. There is a lot of talk about how a heal thy lifestyle is important to fight the virus and its consequences. The emp hasis on eating healthy is not new. Indian food practices have been traditi onally governed by health-related rules and regulations. What is, however, new is how the digital sphere is used by the practitioners to disseminate i nformation about diet and health. This knowledge is then used by the consum ers to facilitate their own ideas about food and health, often making the b oundaries between the credible and the fake porous. The importance of the d igital in health is also further increased by the state push towards the di gitalization of health services. Thus, by using data from Delhi, this paper looks at how ideas of healthy food are constructed with the help of digita l technology in primarily the urban context.

About the Speaker: Dr. Rituparna Patgiri is currently affiliated with the Th apar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (TSLAS), Thapar Institute of Engin eering and Technology (TIET), Patiala. She has earlier taught at Indraprast ha College for Women (IPCW), University of Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and Gauhati University. Dr. Patgiri has earned her PhD in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), MA in Sociology from the Delhi Scho ol of Economics (DSE), University of Delhi and BA (Honours) in Sociology fr om Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR), University of Delhi. Dr. Patgiri also holds a post- graduate diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peace Bu ilding (CTPB) from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi. Dr . Patgiri has been a recipient of the Krishna Raj Fellowship in 2013 and th e Zubaan-Sasakawa Peace Foundation Grants for Young Researchers from the No rtheast for 2020-2021. Her research interests lie in exploring questions of culture, food, media, gender and pedagogy.
Dr. Patgiri is one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology - an academic blog dedicated to promotin g sociological consciousness amongst young students and scholars and a host with New Books Network - a consortium of author-interview podcast channels dedicated to raising the level of public discourse by introducing scholars and other serious writers to a wide public via new media. She is also an a cting project fellow in the North-South Dialogue project between Doing Soci ology and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington

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