Biography:

Roma Casamitjana is a PhD student affiliated with the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), where she currently holds a doctoral scholarship for 2024–2026. Her research focuses on the concept of cultural intermediation in India, exploring the practices, networks and challenges faced by those who act as mediators between local communities and institutional or market frameworks. Her thesis examines how cultural intermediaries translate and represent regional traditions, languages and symbols to wider national and international audiences. She seeks to develop a comprehensive understanding of cultural intermediation as a process that enables the recognition, transformation and circulation of regional cultures in contemporary India.