Department of Anthropology university of pennsylvania

Ethiraj Dattatreyan

Graduate Student
ethiraj@gse.upenn.edu
Research Interests: 
Globalization, transnationality, cosmopolitanism, diaspora, heritage, materiality, visuality, urban geographies, postcoloniality. public culture, collaborative research, ethnographic film.
Publications: 

Refereed Publications

Vasudevan, Lalitha, Stageman, Dan, Rodriguez, Kristine, Fernandez, Eric, Dattatreyan, E. Gabriel Authoring (2011) New Narratives with Youth at the Intersection of the Arts and Justice Urban Education Journal.

 

Reviews

Dattatreyan, E. Gabriel (2012) Review: Glimpses Into My Own Black Box: An Exercise in Self-Deconstruction George Stocking Jr.. Anthropology in Education Quarterly.  42.4

 

Refereed conference papers:

Dattatreyan, E. Gabriel (2011) Diasporic Sincerity:  Tales from the  'Returnee' Researcher.  Paper presentation for the Fontaine Colloquium series, University of Pennsylvania. 

 

Dattatreyan, E. Gabriel, Shankar, Arjun (2011) Diasporic Vulnerability: Capturing the Indian American Researcher in Narrative Paper Presentation at the American Anthropological Association.

 

Shankar, Arjun, Dattatreyan, E. Gabriel  (2011) Towards a Fidelity of Representation: Democratizing Research Practice Through Written and Visual Media Paper Presentation at the American Anthropological Association.

 

Dr. Ravitch, S., Dattatreyan, E. Gabriel, Tarditi, M., Shankar, A. (2011)  Democratizing the Educational Development Process: Visual and Narrative Portraiture Across National and Local Ecologies.  Film screening at the American Anthropological Association. 

 

Shankar, Arjun, Dattatreyan, E. Gabriel (2011) Understanding Global Processes in Action: Educational Challenges and Opportunities in India Paper Presentation at Comparative and International Education Society. 

 

Shankar, Arjun, Dattatreyan E. Gabriel (2010) Discipline as Gatekeeper: (Re)forming identities in the Academy. Paper presentation at the American Anthropology Association Annual Meeting.

 

Dattatreyan, E. Gabriel, Shankar, Arjun (2010) Global Hype:  Broadcasting the New South Asian Woman  Paper presentation at the American Anthropology Association Annual Meeting 2010

 

Dattatreyan, E. Gabriel, Maloney, Tanya, Barrow, Tamika (2010) Overlapping Narratives: Documenting New Teachers Negotiations of Race and Civic Engagement in Public Schools Paper presentation at the Penn Ethnography Forum.  

Biography Page Content: 

I am a joint doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education and Department of Anthropology.  My current research takes a close look at reform minded educational NGOs in India.  I focus on the role of transnationals within these organizations, those who have a moral, ethical, affective, economic, or familial ties to two or more countries, to elucidate how their embodied histories are shaping current discourse on the role of public education in post-liberalization India.  I am also working on an ongoing research project focusing on an arts education program in New York City that serves youth involved with the criminal justice system.  I explore how improvisational techniques offer youth new possibilities for narrative re-presentation even as they are made vulnerable in their public tellings.