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. 

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