Fifteen student researchers from Northwestern University in Qatar presented the outcome of their Global Undergraduate Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South (#IAS_NUQ).
The #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellowship is a year-long program designed to support students interested in pursuing research projects focused on the Global South. Selected fellows receive mentorship, participate in training and workshops, and attend #IAS_NUQ events while producing original research on a topic of their choosing in different forms, including research papers, multi-modal and multilingual publications, documentary films, and other creative digital forms.
As part of the program, final projects are published by #IAS_NUQ Press and presented to the wider Northwestern Qatar community at the end of their fellowship program. This year, researchers presented their evidence-based storytelling projects on a number of cultural, economic, and social issues in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, as well as other topics in the Global South, including the music industry in Zambia, gender, feminism, and mobility in Pakistan, consumption and identity in Qatar, legacies of countercultures in Nepal, Rwandan youth, freedom of expression in Kazakhstan, and African legacy in Colombia.
The #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellowship is a year-long program designed to support students interested in pursuing research projects focused on the Global South. Selected fellows receive mentorship, participate in training and workshops, and attend #IAS_NUQ events while producing original research on a topic of their choosing in different forms, including research papers, multi-modal and multilingual publications, documentary films, and other creative digital forms.
As part of the program, final projects are published by #IAS_NUQ Press and presented to the wider Northwestern Qatar community at the end of their fellowship program. This year, researchers presented their evidence-based storytelling projects on a number of cultural, economic, and social issues in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, as well as other topics in the Global South, including the music industry in Zambia, gender, feminism, and mobility in Pakistan, consumption and identity in Qatar, legacies of countercultures in Nepal, Rwandan youth, freedom of expression in Kazakhstan, and African legacy in Colombia.
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Works presented this year fell under three main categories—research papers, documentary films, and multi-modal long-form projects—including:
Research papers:
Money Talks: Consumption, Identity, and Visibility in Qatar
By Haya Al Kuwari
Watermelon Politics and Chitenge in Zambia
By In’utu Imbuwa
Voices of the Post-Genocide Generation:
A Guide to Understanding Rwandan History
By Neige Tresor Ikuzo
After the Hippies Were Gone:
Spectral Ethnography in Freak Street
By Sudesh Baniya
Documentary films:
Dharamshala: The Little Lhasa
By Sashreek Garg
Hijab or Book?
By Arham Khalid
Tides vs Threads
By Haleema Khan
Warriors on Scooters
By Fariha Ahmed
Bloody January
By Perizat Nigymadilova
Injyana
By Dushime Uwonkunda Sylvie
Multi-modal long-form projects:
Guardians of Humanity: Muslim Women’s Accounts During the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi
By Sonia Uwase
Drama, Relatability, and the Disciplinary Committee
By Christopher Fwalanga
Kombilesa Palenque
By Sebastián Mármol Gaviria
Changing the Discourse of Domestic Violence Reporting in Pakistan
By Mishaal Shirazi
Chinese Investments in Kenya - A Local Knowledge Perspective
By Samson Mbogo
For more information about the Global Undergraduate Fellowship program at #IAS_NUQ, click here.
Research papers:
Money Talks: Consumption, Identity, and Visibility in Qatar
By Haya Al Kuwari
Watermelon Politics and Chitenge in Zambia
By In’utu Imbuwa
Voices of the Post-Genocide Generation:
A Guide to Understanding Rwandan History
By Neige Tresor Ikuzo
After the Hippies Were Gone:
Spectral Ethnography in Freak Street
By Sudesh Baniya
Documentary films:
Dharamshala: The Little Lhasa
By Sashreek Garg
Hijab or Book?
By Arham Khalid
Tides vs Threads
By Haleema Khan
Warriors on Scooters
By Fariha Ahmed
Bloody January
By Perizat Nigymadilova
Injyana
By Dushime Uwonkunda Sylvie
Multi-modal long-form projects:
Guardians of Humanity: Muslim Women’s Accounts During the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi
By Sonia Uwase
Drama, Relatability, and the Disciplinary Committee
By Christopher Fwalanga
Kombilesa Palenque
By Sebastián Mármol Gaviria
Changing the Discourse of Domestic Violence Reporting in Pakistan
By Mishaal Shirazi
Chinese Investments in Kenya - A Local Knowledge Perspective
By Samson Mbogo
For more information about the Global Undergraduate Fellowship program at #IAS_NUQ, click here.
