https://www.mythri-jegathesan.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627003348518-X8V2PNSR93488EPGF3TO/AC40FF47-033F-4F71-8C62-26EA159928C8_1_105_c.jpeg MYTHRI JEGATHESAN https://www.mythri-jegathesan.com/menu-4 daily 0.75 2022-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1626928035118-ND3Y02MWAV1ZPW7XM0CN/IMG_2204.jpeg research - fortune and glory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1626999825343-F9VUYGE1OQXT1L4ZN2KQ/F71A95C5-7EB1-4277-B383-543C88AC7BB2_1_105_c.jpeg research - incubator anthropology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1626927102646-FP6X498X03SHAD41DYOP/IMG_6251.jpeg research - tea and solidarity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1626927725508-GI9JPYG89HLDZTJS0K03/IMG_2275.jpeg research - plotting home https://www.mythri-jegathesan.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-07-23 https://www.mythri-jegathesan.com/writing daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://www.mythri-jegathesan.com/about daily 0.75 2021-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627000643150-9PVMDR668RVVO3IMG5EC/6C09870B-D5B1-4C34-AFFB-93BAD99D29E3_1_105_c.jpeg about Mythri Jegathesan is associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at Santa Clara University. Her research interests include plantations, work, gender, human rights, and minority politics in Sri Lanka and South Asia and she is co-editor of The Anthropology of Work Review and Secretary of the American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies. She earned a PhD in Anthropology at Columbia University and her first book, Tea and Solidarity: Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka(2019) is an ethnography of plantation life and work in the context of ethnonationalist violence and civil war in Sri Lanka. https://www.mythri-jegathesan.com/teaching daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627347378151-6F09PSSF4V7KEZOITFWQ/AA92BA7B-6260-4196-A530-8730DBA83909_1_105_c.jpeg teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627347509514-AM77Q6VMTCT40UG0YEDO/Capstone+ANTH+114.jpg teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627347563982-XO25RI4WE5CYEDQD2CN1/8F9536AE-46A6-4863-B6A7-A96B1013D3B7_1_105_c.jpeg teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627348808213-2JZNINCO1DB2XMO2S6Z4/IMG_9689.jpg teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627348918799-M4KNGCEFJSDYXA8CYVGO/2D2E0B03-F4CE-4852-AF6B-73EF7EDEA4AF_1_105_c.jpeg teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627349436065-VM2NNBPT78W8PHDFY8WX/7A25D530-1E84-428D-BCF2-4802805F2089_1_105_c.jpeg teaching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627349844591-QBK9W3TWPBY0M1I2K4HU/296B11FD-AFDB-4DEF-BBFF-2866FCF56D06_1_105_c.jpeg teaching https://www.mythri-jegathesan.com/articlesandbookchapters daily 0.75 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627366166951-JB3YXP9ST3Q6C0YSTTIW/Screen+Shot+2021-07-26+at+11.10.50+PM.png articles and book chapters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627366270115-HH1W2IGHTKFATZ2RYB12/Screen+Shot+2021-07-26+at+11.12.32+PM.png articles and book chapters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627366032207-YRUF9ROG3JHYGING0S9U/Screen+Shot+2021-07-26+at+11.08.32+PM.png articles and book chapters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627365486731-8AGWBW6TBKO1Q0OUM8G8/6DC81300-E91D-44B8-A513-E1305D446717_1_105_c.jpeg articles and book chapters - Jegathesan, Mythri. 2021. “Black Feminist Plots before the Plantationocene and Anthropology's “Regional Closets.” Feminist Anthropology, 2: 78-93. https://doi.org/10.1002/fea2.12037 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627365955713-84DW791GH42HOO7FW5FE/Screen+Shot+2021-07-26+at+11.06.38+PM.png articles and book chapters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.mythri-jegathesan.com/book daily 0.75 2023-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/aa218a91-552c-44fa-8acc-2dbfb6bfad5f/B63F2446-89EF-4344-A557-A2D74390B791_1_105_c.jpeg book - Tea and Solidarity: Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka (University of Washington Press, 2019) Tea and Solidarity is an ethnography of plantation life and work in the context of ethnonationalist politics and civil war in Sri Lanka. It documents workers’ desires and movements for dignified work and their ongoing struggles for labor and gender justice during and after Sri Lanka’s twenty-six year long civil war. Tea and Solidarity was awarded the 2020 Diana Forsythe Prize for the best book featuring feminist anthropological research on work, science, or technology, including biomedicine and Honorable Mention for the 2020 Society for the Anthropology of Work Book Prize. Since its publication, it has been taught in anthropology, gender, international development, and South Asian studies courses at University of Washington, St. Olaf College, American University, University of Colombo, Yale University, York University, City University of New York (CUNY), University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, and Santa Clara University. A South Asia edition of the book is available for purchase with Tambapanni Academic Publishers (Colombo, Sri Lanka). 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lectures and podcasts This podcast episode is on labor aspirations, desire, and labor on Sri Lanka's tea plantations. It was created in collaboration with the Bannan Institute Scholar in the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education (November 14, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627063316894-6KCKH8Y2KS3DN1PJVQY4/D5B12185-8A5E-479E-BD00-27EC1D0C06C1.jpg media - lectures and podcasts New Books Network host and labor scholar Aparna Gopalan (Harvard University) interviews Mythri Jegathesan about her book, Tea and Solidarity (May 5, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627062871090-1ZGWW32XM48975IGDIDE/0F54BED9-1BCE-4E0C-80D2-3A9B8A5677DF.jpg media - lectures and podcasts Lekh host, Karthik Nachiappan, interviews Mythri Jegathesan about her book, Tea and Solidarity (August 23, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627063101400-NE8K6WDMAQI4ZFAJ06KR/55082DC2-B739-4D0A-8476-DF4C2F4BEAA2_1_201_a.jpg media - lectures and podcasts Conversations in Anthropology host Matt Barlow and guest host Michael Dunford talk to anthropologists Sarah Besky and Mythri Jegathesan about tea, labor and language (March 4, 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627063699903-3ASESV6RUW7FMRLHIYAJ/UCDavisTalk2017Jan.jpg media - lectures and podcasts Lecture on plantation sounds and labor heritage on Sri Lanka's tea plantations for the 2017 Global Tea Initiative (GTI) Colloquium (January 19, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/c4e5d862-039f-46ff-8c45-76cbdf47f45e/Screen+Shot+2021-07-23+at+11.34.52+AM.png media - lectures and podcasts Presentation on yoga, gig work and structural violence in the wellness industry for the 2020 Twin Pandemics Forum at Santa Clara University (October 1, 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/1627064182246-PL1DIT6MBIL2QO8X7M96/AILSBookTalkPosterMar2021.jpg media - lectures and podcasts Book roundtable on Tea and Solidarity with chair, Dr. Sharika Thiranagama and hosted by American Institute for Lankan Studies (AILS), Colombo (March 9, 2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/aed8f4b5-4a0c-4bba-86ec-46e227fe3dec/Screen+Shot+2023-05-17+at+11.38.44+AM.png media - lectures and podcasts This is part two of a video podcast on Sri Lanka's civil war and the 2021 and 2022 economic crisis. It is hosted by Maxmillian Alvarez and the Real News Network. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60f1dc44ec303e7e58fbfab9/eb19cb87-8aeb-4297-b899-c767a55a26d2/Screenshot+2026-01-06+at+9.07.36%E2%80%AFAM.png media - lectures and podcasts Lecture on the imaging of fantasy in Hollywood film on Sri Lanka's plantations