Amrita Datta
@Datta_msca
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Stories of the Indian Immigrant Communities in Germany @PalgraveSoc Global Talent Migration @unibielefeld; ex @MSCActions @MaxMolab words @AJEnglish @scroll_in
Berlin, Germany
Joined October 2012
Introducing "Stories of the Indian Immigrants in Germany: Why Move?", based on a decade of fieldwork, ethnography and participant observations. I had to depend substantially on primary data as there was no book on this topic so far. Releasing in the end of September, 2023.
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Authors' Workshop of "Pandemics and Mobilities", the book Jonathan Ngeh, @aranibasu21 & I are editing (Brill 2026) will happen on October 9-10, 2025 @unibielefeld Germany. We welcome interested scholars to join us remotely, listen & share insights. Pl email me for registration.
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This afternoon at @IMISCOE Annual Conference in Aubervilliers we discuss the location of migration scholars from outside Europe in European Academia @METHatMIG @laavy_k Join us if you can!
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Telephone and Telephone Booths have been such important subjects of imagination! In many cultures and languages.
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My windows closes at 7.
"wanna get a drink tonight?" it's 8pm. "tonight" is over.
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RT @AJEnglish: In India, war came dressed in feminist camouflage — #AJOpinion by Amrita Datta and Arani Basu. 🔗: .
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Our column in @AJEnglish in which @aranibasu21 and I write: "Can women leading war be inherently feminist?" . #AJOpinion . In India, war came dressed in feminist camouflage via @AJEnglish.
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My column in @scroll_in . "Germany is at the cross-roads of a 'migration ambivalence'. Growing anti-migrant sentiment fuelled by the rising popularity of the far right party (AfD) does little to help Germany project a pro-migrant image for Germany." .
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India's obsession with sindoor has a long historical Hindu tradition. From suhaag to ek chutki shindoor to Cannes Sindoor, vermillion has got international attention spreading across politics and Hindi cinema. Is this what we call globalization of primordial identities?.
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RT @zeitungsboy: Die Herkunftsnennung in deutschen Medien ist kaputt. Ausländische Tatverdächtige werden 10x häufiger genannt als deutsch….
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Do @DB_Bahn drivers even know how to drive a train?? Drink spilled all over me as the driver pushes a brake, despite my best efforts at saving the glass items from falling off the table. When interrogated they say not their fault. German arrogance. @DB_Presse @DB_Bahn @DB_Info.
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RT @svaradarajan: I want folks to reflect on the logic which the government is following on the flow of information. 1. Indian news channe….
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If foreign medical practioners (doctors and nurses) implies BIPOC, it is highly unlikely that they will be accepted well by patients and their families in rural Germany. How to address this ambivalence?.
Das deutsche Gesundheitssystem ist auf Zuwanderung angewiesen: Besonders auf dem Land sind ausländische Ärzte und Pflegekräfte inzwischen unverzichtbar. Die aktuellen Migrationsdebatten verunsichern allerdings viele von ihnen:
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German edition of my book "Geschichten Indischer Einwanderergemeinschaften in Deutschland" is finally out from Spirnger Verlag.
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RT @MDIntegration: ➡️ Mehr als ein Fünftel der Bevölkerung hat gefestigte rassistische Einstellungen. ❕ Besonders betroffen von rassistisch….
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