Samina Luthfa
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Samina Luthfa | |
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সামিনা লুৎফা | |
| Known for | Environmental and social justice movements, political ecology, gender studies |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford, Lehigh University, University of Dhaka |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political Ecology, Social Movement, Work and Employment, Indigenous knowledge, Gender Studies |
| Sub-discipline | Sociologist |
| Institutions | University of Dhaka, Food Safety and Innovation Lab |
| Notable students | Nahid Islam[1] |
Samina Luthfa (Bengali: সামিনা লুৎফা) also known as Samina Luthfa Nitra is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Dhaka and a social activist. Luthfa employs qualitative and mixed-method research, primarily concentrating on South Asia.[2] She also a key member of University Teachers' Network, Bangladesh.[3]
Luthfa earned her DPhil from the University of Oxford. She has also got an MA in Sociology from Lehigh University in the United States, where she completed her second master's with a Fulbright Scholarship.[4] She has been involved in various research projects and has supervised numerous MSS and Ph.D. students.[5][failed verification]. She is a theatre worker and founding member of Bottala -a performance space[6]
Publication
Books
- Luthfa, S., Khan, T., & Kamal, M. (2022). The Bangladesh Environmental Humanities Reader: Environmental Justice, Developmental Victimhood and Resistance. Maryland: Lexington.[7]
- Chowdhury, Z. A., Luthfa, S., & Gayen, K. (2016). Vulnerable Empowerment: Understanding Capabilities and Vulnerabilities of Female Garment Workers in Bangladesh. Dhaka: Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.[8]
Research area and articles
Source:[9]
- Media: Examining the framing of political protests in newspapers and studying the popular music preferences of Bangladeshi youth.
- Qualitative Research Methodology: Exploring action-based research in feminist political ecology.
- Indigenous Knowledge: Focusing on the agro-ecological knowledge of indigenous groups and their identity politics.[10]
- Political Ecology: Investigating environmental justice movements and their impact in the global south.
- Gender: Studying discrimination against and vulnerabilities of female workers in Bangladesh, and the voices of women peasants and theatre actors.
