About Researcher
Nishita Rao is the Krantikari behind Pillow Talk With Nixi, an insurgent platform challenging colonial architectures across education, research, therapy, consultation, publication, archiving, and art through radical plurilogues, embodied inquiry, and anarchical resistance. She synthesizes transdisciplinary knowledge, decolonial praxis, and anti-institutional frameworks to reimagine the production, dissemination, and practice of knowledge.
At the Center for Integrated Human Studies, she delves into Neuroscience, Anthropology, Psychology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Linguistics, Philology, Hermeneutics, Political Science, Dance Ethnography, Ethnomusicology and Paleoclimateology. Her research revolves around post-colonial imprints on human social and sexual attitudes, perceptions, behaviors and artistic expressions.
Research conducted under CIHS by Nishita Rao, is guided by a transdisciplinary approach. As stated by the founder, work at CIHS involves engagement with the following fields:
- Social & Cultural Anthropology
- Archaeology (Epigraphy & Iconography)
- Political Science
- Philology
- Epistemology
- Hermeneutics
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences
- Somatic Studies
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Art History
- Dance Ethnography
- Ethnomusicology
- Paleoclimatology
- Neuroscience
- Molecular Biology
The central thematic focus of the projects is the examination of post-colonial imprints on human social and sexual attitudes, perceptions and behaviors. The center acknowledges that research conducted on human behavior by Nishita isn’t adequately understood through a single disciplinary lens and therefore emphasizes contextual, comparative, and cross-domain analyses.
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PAST RESEARCH
Industrial Biotechnology; Plant Biotechnology; Analytical Chemistry; Phytochemistry; Botanical Extraction; Steam Distillation; Pharmacognosy; Biophysics
Neuroscience; Endocrinology; Behavioral Sciences; Psychology; Trauma Studies; Developmental Studies; Molecular Biology; Sexual Sciences
Neuroscience; Endocrinology; Behavioral Sciences; Psychology; Trauma Studies; Developmental Studies; Molecular Biology; Sexual Sciences
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CIHS hosts multiple projects at different stages of development. Project status is indicated individually (e.g., data collection, analysis ongoing, writing, completed, yet to commence). Projects span a range of disciplinary intersections and their research scope would be listed in the project details. Projects are listed publicly under the CIHS index and are organized by thematic and disciplinary focus rather than by a single unified research program.
Projects may differ in scope, materials, analytic approach, and stage of completion. CIHS does not require uniform research design across projects and does not present all projects as empirical or experimental in nature. Project descriptions indicate current status and disciplinary orientation to support transparency.
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