SANGITA SHRESTHOVA

 

 Speaker, Facilitator, Educator, Scholar, Consultant, Strategist, Artist

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Sangita Shresthova is a writer, thinker, speaker and doer. She is an expert in online learning, media literacies, popular culture, performance, new media, politics, and globalization.  She is also one of the creators of the Digital Civics Toolkit (digitalcivicstoolkit.org), a collection of resources for educators, teachers and community leaders to support youth learning. Her own artistic work has been presented in academic and creative venues around the world including the Schaubuehne (Berlin), the Other Festival (Chennai), the EBS International Documentary Festival (Seoul), and the American Dance Festival (Durham, NC). She is currently the Director of Research of the Civic Paths Group based at the University of Southern California, where her current work is focused on the civic imagination.

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She is also a faculty member at the Salzburg Academy on Media and Social Change in Austria.

 

She facilitates workshops, speaks, consults and researches on topics related to:

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online learning - media literacy

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diversity - intercultural dialogues

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popular and participatory cultures / fandom

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transmedia - by any media necessary

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performance and new media

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civic engagement and democracy

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civic imagination

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She enjoys engaging with diverse communities through her workshops, lectures and projects.