This systematic literature review summarizes academic knowledge on “tension” among
South Asian and diaspora populations.“Tension”(sometimes transliterated as tenshun) is a …

Background Rohingya refugees residing in Bangladesh have been exposed to profound
trauma in addition to ongoing daily stressors of living in the refugee camps. Accurate …

and seminal scholarship on therapeutic cultures, popular psychology, and the happiness
industry. Bringing together studies of therapeutic cultures from sociology, anthropology …

This paper points to an underexplored relationship of reinforcement between processes of
quantification and digitisation in the construction of mental health as amenable to …

Background Tension (often times called “Tenshun” in Hindi) is a cultural expression used to
convey feelings of distress and common mental disorders in India and among South Asia …

In a world afflicted by COVID-19, many people consult doctors through a digital interface or
over the phone, as face-to-face consultations are almost impossible during a lockdown. The …

The book explores contemporary selfie-taking practices; digital experiences of love,
romance and infidelity; sexting rituals; self-tracking habits; strategies used by the Internet …

This thesis presents an ethnographic study of young lower middle class women's
engagement in the new service economy in Delhi, India. Following the economic …

While conducting fieldwork with informal doctors in low-income neighbourhoods in Delhi, I
noticed that several patients consulted them for what appeared to be work-related ailments …

Spatial mobility is often considered on large geographical scales: people move from distant
villages to global cities, they migrate from one country to the next, or even to a whole new …