Faculty
Catrinel Dunca
Associate ProfessorInstitutional Roles: Course Coordinator- CEPT Foundation Program
Catrinel Dunca is a queer trans* feminist researcher interested in engaging with both theoretical and action-oriented research, using intersectional queer feminist frameworks, and a continuously developing understanding of discourses and concerns around gender, caste, class, sexualities, and physical and psycho-social disabilities. Their interests lie in queer re-orientations towards law and citizenship; in pedagogies and pedagogical practices, and is informed by theorizing which emerges from queer, feminist, Dalit, Adivasi and sex workers’ movements, from hybrid, diasporic contexts and from constantly changing articulations of race in global and local contexts. They also engage with writing processes and practices across curriculum, through writing workshops and setting in place systems of support for writing in professional and academic spaces, particularly in the context of disciplines of the built environment.
Education
| Degree | Institution | Field | Year of Completion |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | CEPT University | Queer and Gender Studies | 2015 |
| MA | St. Xavier''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s College, Ahmedabad | English Literature | 2009 |
| BA | St. Xavier''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s College, Ahmedabad | English Literature | 2007 |
Areas of Expertise
writing pedagogies, curating writing and editorial practices, queer trans feminist theory, narrative theories, social movements,
Courses Taught
| Sr No. | Course Name | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writing the City (Writing workshop for UTC) | M-2023 |
Research Articles and Book Chapters in Areas of Expertise
Women’s Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Gujarat: Consolidating a Decade of Experience. 2022. With HDRC & PDO, Ahmedabad.
‘Passionate Bodies: The Politics of Reorientation in Summer Will Show’. 2018. The Sylvia Townsend
Warner Journal.
‘Ahmedabad, City of Words’. 2018. Seminar.
Glimpses of Women’s Leadership: Emerging Patterns for Some Credit Cooperatives. 2014. With Jacinta Canis, Jeny Parmar, Priyanka Christian and Fernando Franco. HDRC, Ahmedabad.
Presented Papers and Invited Lectures in Areas of Expertise
‘Pedagogy for Foundation Level Students: Modular and Outcome-Based Teaching and Learning,’ with Samir Shah & Vishal Mehta. 7 July 2022. For National Online Faculty Development Program on " Architectural Education Through Outcome-Based Learning," DTC & COA.
Consultation meeting on Queer-Trans* Intimacies and Communities: Envisioning Rights and the Way Forward. June 2022, FAOW & Sappho for Equality, Kolkata.
‘CEPT Foundation Programme: Teaching Foundational Skills for Habitat Professionals,’ with Samir Shah & Vishal Mehta. 17 January 2022. For Emerging Pedagogies in Architectural Education, KMEA College of Architecture.
‘The Personal and the Political: From India, to Romania, with Queerly Love’. 2017 . Queer and Feminist Studies in Eastern Europe Conference, Bucharest University, Romania.
‘Grandmotherly Orientations or How Older Women Matter to Knowledge and Aesthetics in Lesbian Films’. 2017. Conference on Ageing, Ageism and Cultures, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Gender Justice, Religion and the Law’, with James C Dabhi. 2016. International Women’s Studies Conference, Chennai.