Publication Date
January 2017
Publisher
Berlin: Reimer Verlag
Language
German
Type
Book Chapter
Book Title
Ethnologie. Einführung in die Erforschung kultureller Vielfalt, 9th edition
Editors
Bettina Beer, Hans Fischer and Julia Pauli
Pages
55–70
About the Author
Prof. Dr. Ursula Rao (SFB 1199 & Leipzig University)
Ursula Rao is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. Her research explores questions of politics and governance in India, with a specific focus on urban dynamics. Currently, she is involved in several research projects about the social consequences of biometric technology and e-governance. How do the new tools and techniques of governing impact human relations and state-citizens interactions? Other fields of interests include question of urban citizenship and social justice, as well as journalistic practices, ritual theory and urban Hinduism.
Before joining the University of Leipzig Ursula Rao held academic positions at the University of Heidelberg (1999-2002), the University of Halle (2002-2006) and the University of New South Wales, Sydney (2007-2012).