Nayana Kirasur

Research

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Kirasur, N. (2025). Navigating the state from the margins: Understanding the material and affective aspects of women’s engagement with identity documents in rural India. Journal of Documentation, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-05-2025-0145
  2. Kirasur, N. Paris, B. Developing a Critical Caste Analysis within Information Science and Technology: A Research Review. [under review]

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  1. Kirasur, N., & Jhaver, S. (2025). Understanding the Prevalence of Caste: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Caste-based Marginalization on X. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 9(7), 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1145/3757518 [Best Paper Award]

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  1. Kirasur, N. (2025a). Navigating an Inscriptive State: Understanding the Documentation and Affective Practices Among Women in Rural India [Panel Discussion]. 4S, Seattle, Washington. https://www.4sonline.org
  2. Kirasur, N. (2025b). Understanding the Datafied State in India: How Identity Documents and Digital Data Impact Marginalized Women’s Access to Social Welfare in Rural Mysuru. [Doctoral Colloquium]. iConference 2025, Bloomington, Indiana. https://www.ischools.org/ iconference
  3. Kirasur, N. (2024a). Profiling Caste: Examining Caste (Re)articulations on Community Profiles on X. [Research]. NetSCI Lab Research Ideation, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
  4. Kirasur, N. (2024b). Reinscribing Caste Power on Social Media: Strategies of Community Profiles on X. [Research]. Research Café, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
  5. Kirasur, N. (2024c). Understanding the Mechanics of Caste Power on Social Media: Insights for DEI Research [Research]. Communicating Diversity Conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

PUBLIC WRITING

  1. Kirasur, N. (2022a). How Does Aadhaar-Enabled Welfare Delivery Exclude Women? IT for Change. https://itforchange.net/notes-from-field-how-does-aadhaar-enabled-welfare-delivery-exclude-women
  2. Kirasur, N. (2022b). Recording the Unorganized Sector: Reflections on the e-Shram Database. IT for Change. https://itforchange.net/notes-from-field-recording-unorganized-sector-reflections-on-e-shram-database
  3. Kirasur, N. (2022c). What it Takes to Maintain Access to the Digital: Experiences of Adolescent Girls in Rural Mysuru. IT for Change. https://itforchange.net/notes-from-field-what-it-takes-to-maintain-access-to-digital-experiences-of-adolescent-girls-rural
  4. Kirasur, N. (2022d). Wielding Informational Power as a Feminist Practice: Vignettes from Rural Mysuru. IT for Change. https://itforchange.net/notes-from-field-wielding-informational-power-as-a-feminist-practice-vignettes-from-rural-mysuru
  5. Kirasur, N. (2021a). How Has the Pandemic Deepened Inequalities in India’s School Education? IT for Change. https://itforchange.net/has-pandemic-deepened-inequalities-india%E2%80%99s-school-education
  6. Kirasur, N. (2021b). What Our Textbooks Aren’t Telling Us About Caste in India. THE BASTION. https://thebastion.co.in/politics-and/education/syllabus-and-pedagogy/what-our-textbooks-arent-telling-us-about-caste-in-india/ [Editors’ Pick 2021 (Education)]