DR. ANJALI MONTEIRO
Professor

CENTRE FOR MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES

E-mail: monteiro@tiss.edu

Qualifications

  • M.A. (Economics), University of Poona
  • Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Goa

Areas of Interest

  • Media and Cultural Studies
  • Semiotics and Critical Theory
  • Development Communication
  • Documentary Film

Teaching

Involved in teaching courses in Communications in TISS

Visiting faculty at:

  • National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad;
  • University of Hyderabad ;
  • Divyadaan Salesian Institute of Philosophy, Nashik;
  • Asian College of Journalism, Chennai; and
  • Industrial Design Centre, IIT Mumbai.

Research

  • Analysis of media texts and audience reception, documentary film and development communication

Training

Workshops in critical media education, documentary film production and media and cultural theory

Recent /Significant Publications

  • With K.P. Jayasankar)
    Between the Normal and the Imaginary: The Spectator-self, the Other and Satellite Television in India. In I. Hagen and Wasko (Ed.,) Consuming Audiences: Production and Reception in Media Research , Hampton Press, 2000.
  • With K.P. Jayasankar
    Documentary and Ethnographic Film. In Elsevier Encyclopaedia of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Elsevier, 2001.
  • With K.P. Jayasankar
    The Plot Thickens: A Cultural Studies Approach to Media Education in India. In T. Lavender, et. Al. (Eds), Global Trends in Media Education, Hampton Press, 2003.

Additional Relevant Information

  • Involved in documentary filmmaking and has won 10 awards, both national and international.
  • Active member of Vikalp, Films for Freedom, a nation-wide collective of documentary filmmakers against censorship.
  • On the boards of various institutions and NGOs, such as Institute for Advanced Study, Simla, Avehi Audio-Visual Resource Centre,etc.
  • Recipient of the Howard Thomas Memorial Fellowship in Media Studies.

 

 

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