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Photography and Photo Editing
Writing
Community Service And Volunteering
Liberal Arts and Humanities
Art
Graphic Design
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Academic
Adult Fiction
Anthropology
Architecture
Art
Classics
Criticism
Cultural
Design
Fantasy
History
Humanities
Literary Fiction
Philosophy
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I read books daily
Credit score
Prateek Shankar
3,605
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Prateek Shankar
3,605
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FinalistBio
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 programMajors:
- Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
Minors:
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Other Schools
Master's degree programMajors:
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Minors:
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Other Schools
Bachelor's degree programMajors:
- Architecture and Related Services, Other
Minors:
- Graphic Communications
Miscellaneous
Desired degree level:
Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)
Graduate schools of interest:
Transfer schools of interest:
Majors of interest:
- Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Career
Dream career field:
Higher Education
Dream career goals:
Academia, Public Humanities, Culture
Graduate Assistant - Peer Tutor
RISD Center for Arts and Language2021 – Present3 yearsSenior Counseller (Art, Design and Architecture)
Essai Education2019 – 20212 yearsVisual Communications Designer
Bankable Frontier Associates2018 – 20191 year
Research
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
Rhode Island School of Design — Researcher2021 – PresentUrban Studies/Affairs
Rishikesh Urban Lab — Research Assistant2015 – 2015Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Ashoka University — Researcher2017 – 2018
Arts
Blackbox
Performance Art'cause, TedeggsNizamuddin, Pimp My Barbershop, Smelling Sunshine2014 – 2015The Urdu Project
Performance ArtGuftagu ("Conversations), Ganga-Jamuna Market2017 – Present
Public services
Volunteering
Karisal Youth Hostel — Volunteer2015 – 2015Volunteering
Cuckoo Forest School — Construction Volunteer2015 – 2015