Sohini Kar
Areas of Interest: My dissertation research is on microfinance in Kolkata, India in light of a growing focus on “financial inclusion.” I am interested in the ways that institutional criteria of financial risk inform and are reformed through interactions with local conceptions of value, kinship and community. My fieldwork will focus on documenting the everyday practices of banking among the urban poor in order to understand the non-economic effects of financial technologies, and to investigate whether these can be substantive tools in addressing social inequalities.
Status: Post field
MA Thesis: From Burra Bazar to Big Bazaar: Selling the New World Order in the Marketplaces of Kolkata
Previous Degrees: MA Brown University (Anthropology)
MA University of Chicago (Social Sciences)
BA Columbia University (Economics and French)
Contact Information: sohini_kar@brown.edu
