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Prateek Shankar

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Hobbies & Interests

  • Photography and Photo Editing
  • Writing
  • Community Service And Volunteering
  • Liberal Arts and Humanities
  • Art
  • Graphic Design

Reading

  • Academic
  • Adult Fiction
  • Anthropology
  • Architecture
  • Art
  • Classics
  • Criticism
  • Cultural
  • Design
  • Fantasy
  • History
  • Humanities
  • Literary Fiction
  • Philosophy
  • Social Science

I read books daily.

Bio

Prateek is a designer, writer, and social theorist investigating the politics of language in the afterlife of colonialism. He studied architecture at the School of Planning and Architecture before graduating as a Young India Fellow from Ashoka University. He is currently pursuing an MA in cultural studies, critical theory & analysis at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence. His practice is a critical interrogation of language, power, and community in the context of South Asia’s difficult colonial past. His latest project (with the Urdu Project and Futura Trōpica Netroots) was a socially-engaged art installation called Ganga-Jamuna Market that looked into the Partition of the Indian subcontinent through the dichotomy of Hindi and Urdu, twin languages that share heritage, literature, and an immense vocabulary only to be torn apart across religious and geographic lines. Currently, at RISD, Prateek's thesis explore the colonial legacy of the English language, the politics of World Englishes, and their role in modern curriculums in postcolonial South Asia.

Education

Rhode Island School of Design

Master's degree program

2021 – 2023

Majors:
  • Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
Minors:
  • Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies

Other Schools

Master's degree program

2017 – 2018

Majors:
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Minors:
  • Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies

Other Schools

Bachelor's degree program

2012 – 2017

Majors:
  • Architecture and Related Services, Other
Minors:
  • Graphic Communications

Miscellaneous

Desired degree level:
Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)
Majors of interest:
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Medical school interest:
No

Career

  • Graduate Assistant - Peer Tutor

    Education · RISD Center for Arts and Language

    Jan 2021 – Present

  • Senior Counseller (Art, Design and Architecture)

    Education · Essai Education

    Jan 2019 – Jan 2021

  • Visual Communications Designer

    Graphic Design · Bankable Frontier Associates

    Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

Miscellaneous

Dream career field:
Higher Education
Dream career goals:
Academia, Public Humanities, Culture
Has nursing license:
No

Future Interests

  • Advocacy
  • Volunteering
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