Research Spotlight Series: Jeremias Campos & Sohini Chatterjee

Subverting Journalistic Constraints in El Salvador: Resisting Oppression with testimonios

Jeremias Campos, MA graduate, Information and Media Studies

While journalists in El Salvador are regularly threatened by state and corporate actors, the independent Salvadoran news outlet El Faro continues running a podcast series that interviews survivors of the government’s mass incarceration initiative. This talk considers how these testimonios amplify marginalized voices, emotional expression, and the promotion of social reforms.

Manufacturing Insecurity, Criminalizing ‘Begging’: Exploring Gender-Variant Lives, Stigmatized Dependence, and Politicized Incivility in India

Sohini Chatterjee, PhD candidate, Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies

Due to a primary focus on the needs and concerns of upper-caste, middle-class, and non-disabled populations, research in LGBTQ+ studies in India presents significant knowledge gaps. This talk explores material insecurities experienced by multiply marginalized trans and gender-variant people in India. It advocates for greater equity and improved public policies aimed at bettering the lives of historically marginalized gender-variant people in India.