{"id":2871,"date":"2026-03-10T06:33:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicing.place\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2026-03-10T08:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:30:39","slug":"in-conversation-with-rumya-putcha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicing.place\/de\/in-conversation-with-rumya-putcha\/","title":{"rendered":"In conversation with Rumya Putcha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">In th<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">e latest<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">\u00a0episode<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">of our podcast series,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">PhD fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicing.place\/person\/zahra-chhapra\/\">Zahra Chhapra<\/a> sits down for a stimulating conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/wmst.franklin.uga.edu\/directory\/people\/rumya-s-putcha\">Professor Dr Rumya Putcha<\/a>. Rumya is an Associate Professor in Women\u2019s and Gender Studies at the University of Georgia\u2019s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">Together, they trace Rumya\u2019s personal and academic journey and reflect on the development of her research interests in colonial and anti-colonial approaches to the body. The conversation explores Rumya\u2019s experiences\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">researching and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">writing her first book,<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dukeupress.edu\/the-dancers-voice\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\"><i>The Dancer\u2019s Voice: Performance and Womanhood in Transnational India<\/i><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">, published in 2023 by Duke University Press, as well as the processes and progress behind her second book project,<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\"><i>Ecologies of Yoga: Somatic Orientalism and Imaginations of India<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">Rumya also shares insights from her ethnographic fieldwork in dance studios in India, yoga studios in the United States, Britain, and India, as well as research conducted at the National Archives in Britain. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">The episode concludes on a more personal note, with Professor Dr Rumya Putcha offering advice for young researchers in the field. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Aptos Display,sans-serif;\">You can find this episode on <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-720920633\/the-dancers-voice-a?si=a543197319af4afebbfb84d9f3e66f71\">Soundcloud<\/a>. 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