Patrick Hodgens '09 and Assistant Professor of Anthropology Chaise LaDousa spent seven weeks this summer talking to students and teachers in schools and universities in Delhi and Varanasi, India, in order to understand the social lives of languages in a postcolonial society.
Hodgens received a Bristol/Schambach stipend to research the ways that English is used and thought about in Indian universities and schools. LaDousa continued long-term research on the relationships between Hindi and English in various educational institutions, and was invited to give talks at the Centre for Postcolonial Education in Varanasi, and the National Center for Educational Research and Training in New Delhi.
Hodgens received a Bristol/Schambach stipend to research the ways that English is used and thought about in Indian universities and schools. LaDousa continued long-term research on the relationships between Hindi and English in various educational institutions, and was invited to give talks at the Centre for Postcolonial Education in Varanasi, and the National Center for Educational Research and Training in New Delhi.
