Kajal Nisha Patel

In 1972 East African refugees arrived in #Leicester & many were housed in Belgrave, then a dilapidated area. 40yrs later, it’s #TheGoldenMile, a bustling shopping district. During #Divali it attracts the largest crowd outside of #India #100Images ow.ly/amP350GFXkF @KajalNP

What happens when media stops performing and starts caring? In this episode, Kajal Nisha Patel shares how photography, yoga and co-creation offer a different path—rooted in presence, empathy and shared meaning. What does care-centred media look like to yo wp.me/pa8IVH-3vx

It was a pleasure to speak w/@decenteredmedia about photography, creative public health research & social practice. I discuss intergenerational trauma and how I navigated my way towards empathy while photographing abandoned textile mills in Leicester. decentered.co.uk/reimagining-ca…

Photography friends! Who still uses this platform? I'm not planning to reinvigorate this a/c but scrolling through my feed evokes nostalgia 😌 I didn't realise how my throat chakra was open back then. It's been a slippery 7yrs but this chakra is being activated once again ✊🏽

'Truly transforming academia requires being bolder in recognizing and redistributing power dynamics, by giving more power to scholars engaged in REDI work. We argue that power redistribution at institutional and structural levels requires more boldness'.

📢EVENT: Join @KSBhui @CaroDuttlinger and others for our Kafka in Mind event, which will explore Kafka’s work in relation to the mind and mental illnesses. Information & tickets: tinyurl.com/c8jfx85k @OxfordKafka #oxfordkafka2024 #franzkafka #Kafka2024

Mick Lynch on working class culture and the importance of building a worker’s movement at events like @MassiveAttackUK's Act1.5 in Bristol last weekend.

A short animation on my latest book, Terraformed. Graphics by @emkayhaytch. Published by @RepeaterBooks Terraformed: Young Black Lives in the Inner City. Out today!

fyi all, I am now working for @EthnicHealthRes This is a wonderful opportunity, which I would have otherwise applied for myself! Good luck & please share. 🥘

Thank you Urmila and Emily!

To represent 'other' cultures is a tricky business. This is something that a lot of us teaching critical cultural anthropology constantly think about. @jugaad__project's latest article on the role of museums in othering is thought-provoking: thejugaadproject.pub/home/museum-co…

Starting our #IWD2023 collaborative event with @HCAatEdinburgh with @KajalNP introducing her 2015 film, Hansa, and outlining the struggles faced by Asian women in industry in the 1970s

A searing piece on #Indian #fascism through the details of images, legal docs and testimony 💫

This doctor says the physical effects of colonialism can still be felt on South Asians today. Dr. Mubin Syed says doctors need to understand the needs of different ethnicities when giving treatment.

The legendary @RSMuseumStudies who first welcomed me to The School of Museum Studies back in 2013 as part of @SarahJPlumb's Migration Museum project. Big thanks for listening & encouraging decisions which were transformative & life-affirming 🦋 Now. How do we clone this fellow?

You're invited to participate in our wellbeing course. 9 FREE sessions. Yoga, Mental Health, Diet/Nutrition, Reflexology, Pranayama, Think Like a Tree, Flow Finder, Repair/Reuse, Community Building. Book via flow.page/kajalnp Host @lightseekers_ Funded by @nearneighbours

One of the most rewarding projects I've had the pleasure of working on.

Join @KajalNP and @John_Whall for the Premier of our Creative #ESOL participant made films at 2pm. Kajal and John will be in chat if you have any questions. @DerbyCC

I really want us to consider deanonymizing peer-review and for editors to be mindful about how their authors are given reviews that intersect with criticisms of their position in the academy. (1/X)

Very happy to have co-authored a piece in here, on the Indian Wedding Spectacle.