AT A GLANCE

Siddhi Bhandari, PhD

Area of Practice:

OVERVIEW

Dr Siddhi Bhandari is on the faculty of the Centre for Public History at the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru, India. She holds a PhD from the University of Delhi, where she worked on the sociology of photography for a thesis titled ‘Photographers and Photography: A Sociological Study’, awarded in 2020. Her research and teaching interests include research methods in the social sciences, material culture, and visual culture.

EDUCATION

M.Phil and Ph.D. in Sociology from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

WORK EXPERIENCE

INTEREST AREAS

Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Material Culture, Visual Culture, Sociology of Work, Oral History

CURRENT PRACTICE AT SRISHTI

Academic Reading and Writing; Research Methods

TEACHING PORTFOLIO

CREATIVE PRACTICE & OUTREACH

Wenner Gren’s Global Initiative grant recipient 2024; Conducted a Workshop Thinking With Things for faculty members at the University of Melbourne

Projects showcase:

Mapping the school ecosystem
Exploring paper forms for a new kind of art education textbook
Creating the base map for Barter Party at the Cubbon Park Metro Station (part of Art in Transit)
A participant adding their illustration at the Barter Party held at the the Cubbon Park Metro Station (part of Art in Transit)
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