Ajantha Subramanian
Professor, Social Anthropology Program, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
Ajantha Subramanian is a Professor in the Anthropology department at Harvard University. She offers courses on social movements, cultural and political rights, immigration, environmental politics and leads an inter-disciplinary workshop in political ecology.
Ajantha is currently completing a book on resource rights struggles in southern India's fishing economy. Her research interests grew out of political involvement in three different social movements: mobilization around slum dwellers' rights to housing and other urban resources in Madras City; artisanal fisher activism against domestic and global capitalist restructuring of Indian fisheries; and opposition to Hindu majoritarianism in India and the Indian diaspora.
Ajantha Subramanian is a Professor in the Anthropology department at Harvard University. She offers courses on social movements, cultural and political rights, immigration, environmental politics and leads an inter-disciplinary workshop in political ecology.
Ajantha is currently completing a book on resource rights struggles in southern India's fishing economy. Her research interests grew out of political involvement in three different social movements: mobilization around slum dwellers' rights to housing and other urban resources in Madras City; artisanal fisher activism against domestic and global capitalist restructuring of Indian fisheries; and opposition to Hindu majoritarianism in India and the Indian diaspora.
