QUEEN: In conversation with Madhuri Shekar & scientists Manisha Anantharaman & Divya Ramesh

Описание: Meet Manisha Anantharaman & Divya Ramesh, the scientists/friends who inspired playwright Madhuri Shekar to write QUEEN and the lead character of SANAM SHAH! Learn how real life experiences found their way into the play, the importance of friendship between women in STEM, advice about entering the Sciences or Playwriting and so much more! NAATCO's production of QUEEN is now playing at the ART/NY Mezzanine Theater until July 1.

June 10 - July 1, 2022
Tickets are available at www.NAATCO.org

Manisha Anantharaman: "I am a multi-disciplinary scholar who combines critical theory, ethnographic methods and community-engagement to explore the potential for, pathways to, and politics of  sustainability transitions. I study how economic and political ideologies, social identities, and power relations impact how "environmentalism" and "sustainability" are conceptualized and enacted at multiple scales - from the household, to the city, to the transnational milieu. I also explore how environmental initiatives reinforce or dismantle different manifestations of race, class, gender and caste-based oppression, with a normative goal of advancing social justice within sustainability and decarbonization initiatives."

Divya Ramesh: "I am an ecologist, specifically interested in questions that overlap behavioural and community ecology. My research focuses on the use of theory to develop relevant and interesting questions, to innovate and design sound experimental studies, and to disseminate scientific research through peer-reviewed and other publications. I completed my doctorate in May 2018 from the Mitchell Lab at the Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana. For my dissertation, I studied signalling interactions between predator and prey, using both theory and field research. I am currently Conservation Science Coordinator at the World Wildlife Fund, India, working on various projects including elephant movement and habitat management in the Western Ghats landscape in India."