Biography:

Roma Casamitjana is PhD student affiliated with CSH as she has recently received a PhD scholarship for 2024-2025.  Her thesis focuses on the concept of intermediation, its practices, and challenges in India, with a particular focus on regional cases.

Cultural intermediaries act as a bridge between community representatives on one side and institutional support or funding organizations on the other. Their role is to promote regional cultures while representing local traditions to a broader audience, whether national or international. Cultural intermediation involves translating and representing cultural artifacts, traditions, languages, norms, and symbols across different social groups, communities, and audiences. Her thesis seeks to develop a comprehensive approach to cultural intermediation by examining its components, effectiveness, and challenges.