Bonus: Sanjini (extended edit)

This week, we revisit, in a longer form, Will’s conversation with Sanjini Kedia, a Dance Therapy student in the School of Arts, who has submitted her thesis, for defence in 2026. Sanjini takes an intersectional feminist lens to the study of transmen’s emotional expression in the context of dance/movement therapy in India.  Sanjini’s research profile Sanjini’s latest publication (out since the recording) Zotero, a free, open-source, multi-platform software for bibilography management  Chapters  00:09 Introduction 02:00 Sanjini’s research 03:30 Sanjini’s journey to her Doctorate 07:42 Doing research on sensitive topics in different cultural contexts. 08:45 (post-)qualitative methodology 11:45 Co-creating an embodied film 15:32 A complex positionality 22:24 Epistemological considerations 25:45 The shift in the politics of gender 28:35 What’s next for Sanjini and her work 32:20 Sanjini’s #PhdGlow 33:00 Managing information in research 37:11 Wellness tips!  The Roey Grad Podcast is a presentation of the University of Roehampton’s Graduate School.  Our theme music is by DiamondTunes  Our hosts are two PhD students at Roehampton, Charles Miller and Will Berard, who also edits and mixes the podcast. It was produced by Aaliyah Hassan. Comments, questions, want to appear on the show? Get in touch at [email protected]