Alessandra Marino

Alessandra Marino is currently Research Associate at the Open University, having completed a PhD in ‘Post-colonial and cultural studies’ at the University of Naples “L’Orientale” in 2010. Her research fields range from postcolonial literature and theory to visual and gender studies.

Writing as resistance in postcolonial India

The Indian government has justified the construction of the Sardar Sarovar megadam as a national instrument of democratization, potentially supplying drinking water to millions of people. Activists claim that dams form part of a biopolitical apparatus, causing displacement and relocation for indig

By Alessandra Marino

/ 7 Nov 2012

Chronicle of a non-violent protest: Jobat, Madhya Pradesh (India)

For more than three weeks over 130 people have carried out the longest occupation of government-owned land ever registered in Madhya Pradesh (a state in central India).

By Alessandra Marino

/ 26 Dec 2011