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Vineeta Sinha is Professor in Sociology and Anthropology at the National University of Singapore. An ethnographer specializing in diaspora Hinduism, her research examines religion-state encounters, material religion, and urban religiosities in Singapore and Malaysia. She earned her Ph.D. from NUS, where she now teaches sociological theory and decolonizing methodologies.
Sinha's work critiques Eurocentric categories in social sciences while analyzing Hindu religiosity in bureaucratic urban contexts. Current projects investigate 'temple tracks' linking railways and ritual labor, gemstone markets in Tamil Hinduism, and digital puja transactions. Publications engage material religion, visual culture, and decolonial theory.
Recent articles explore diaspora religion through infrastructure geographies (railways, urban spaces) and object-centered ethnography (puja items, gemstones). Theoretical pieces challenge anthropological canons and advocate reflexive decolonization practices.
No scientific awards are documented in available sources.
Sinha directs graduate students in qualitative methods and has served in departmental leadership. She co-edits Unsettling Technoscience and contributes to curriculum decolonization initiatives.
