Research

I pursue an interdisciplinary feminist research agenda focusing on feminist movements, the politics of digital labor, influencer cultures, critical pedagogies, law and gender-based violence in India. 

For an exhaustive list of my work, please see my CV

Peer reviewed Journal Articles

2022

Subramanian, Sujatha and Riddhima Sharma. “Towards an Anti-Caste and Feminist Vision of Transformative Justice: Analyzing Social Media Activism Against Sexual Violence. Women’s Studies in Communication, November, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/07491409.2022.2135948.


2021


Sharma, Riddhima. 2021. “#AntiCAAProtests: Negotiating Online and Off-Line Resistance.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 37 (2): 121–26. https://doi.org/10.2979/jfemistudreli.37.2.09.

 

Sharma, Riddhima. 2021. “State Censorship, Self-Regulation, and the Politics of “Hurt” Sentiments in the Age of Digital Streaming: The Case of Sacred Games in India.” The Projector: A Journal on Film, Media, and Culture 21 (1). https://www.theprojectorjournal.com/censorship-self-regulation-and.

 

Sharma, Riddhima. 2021. “List-making for Social Justice: Responses, Complicity & Contestations Surrounding #LoSHA.” Feminist Media Studies 21(1): 165-168. doi:10.1080/14680777.2021.1864876.

 


Book Chapters

2023

Sharma, Riddhima. “Teaching and Learning Through “Doing”: Reflections on using Open Access Digital Tools for Feminist Pedagogy and Praxis.” In Baker, Carrie N., and Aviva Dove-Viebahn Public Feminisms: From Academy to Community. Ann Arbor, MI: Lever Press, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12682117. EPUB.

2019

Gajjala, Radhika and Riddhima Sharma. 2019. “Further Dialogue Interludes: On Nonprofit Organizing.” In Gajjala, R. Digital Diasporas: Labor, Affect in Gendered Indian Digital Publics (pp. 207-212). UK: Rowman and Littlefield International.


Commissioned Monograph

2016

Sharma, Riddhima. 2016. From Reproductive Health to Family Planning: Movements and Policies. RCWS Teaching-Learning Series. Research Center for Women’s Studies, SNDT Women’s University.