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Shabnam Sukhdev

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Master's candidate, Graduate Programme in Film, York University
E-mail: ssukhdev@yorku.ca

I am a graduate student pursuing my MFA in Film. Spurred by the notions of Normality and Otherness, I am interested in studying  extragenetic and cultural patterns of acceptance across the Asian diaspora. Through a feminist lens, in my research I am examining cultural interpersonal dynamics that manipulate mental wellbeing, impacting patterns of accepted behaviour. My thesis enquiry is an ethnographic study in which I am adopting an interdisciplinary approach to examine the parametres of wellness and mental health as defined by the medical community. I am questioning the boundaries that prevent participation, all the while investigating avenues of inclusion by adopting a community-centric model of involvement. Given my background in filmmaking, I am using Art as a via-media to present a neo cultural model, more inclusive and participatory.

Keywords: Normality and otherness; diaspora; feminism

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Debating Capitalisms in Asia @ Online Event
Feb 9 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Debating Capitalisms in Asia @ Online Event
With: Alexander L.Q. Chen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Anil Shah, Universität Kassel, Germany Moderator: Xiao Alvin Yang, Universität Kassel, Germany/York University, Canada RSVP here: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pcOChrTkvEt1w7g99r_rib6E7Sv_pI4gM [...]
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