Dr Nita Mishra speaking in a Distinguished Guest lecture in SRM University

The Easwari School of Liberal Arts (ESLA) and the Department of Political Science SRM University - Andhra Pradesh in India hosted a Distinguished Guest lecture on 'The Emancipatory Potential of Poetry in Decolonising Development' by Dr Nita Mishra of PPA/UL

The session explored poetry and arts-based methodologies as alternative approaches to Development Studies, while introducing participants to the emerging field of Development Humanities and encouraging critical conversations around representation, power, social justice, and whose knowledge gets heard. 

Drawing upon her recent publication on the same as well as two workshops with marginal communities in Dublin, Dr Nita Mishra, shared and stressed the importance of qualitative arts-based research methodologies in mainstreaming voices of the vulnerable, which colleagues at ESLA were already engaging with in their own research. A thought-provoking conversation at the intersection of poetry, politics, development, and decolonisation.