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Dr. Arjun Shankar is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he also serves as Research and Faculty Director. His work bridges political anthropology, visual ethnography, and curiosity studies. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, an MST from Pace University, and a B.A. from Columbia University.
Shankar's research interrogates racial capitalism, caste systems, and transnational NGOs through his book Brown Saviors and their Others (2023). He advocates for decolonial visual methodologies and co-founds Curiosity Studies, exploring new paradigms for knowledge production. His articles span topics like border politics, global labor movements, and multimodal pedagogy.
His filmography includes Sent Away Boys (2017) and Mardistan (Macholand), critiquing representations of marginalized communities. He is an editor of American Anthropologist's multimodal section and contributes to experimental academic publishing. Shankar's work challenges neoliberal academia's constraints on curiosity and advocates for participatory, ethical research practices.