Stine Simonsen Puri
Associate Professor
Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
Karen Blixens Plads 8, 2300 København S, Søndre Campus, Building: 10-4-31
Denmark
Primary fields of research
My research evolves around gambling - both as a form of play and as an element of economy. My current research project "Gambling on Rains and Grains around a Desert-town of India" concerns how weather uncertainties forms the basis of various risk economies including gambling on rainfall, non-irrigated farming, and trade and hoarding of grains. The research is part of a collaborative project where we investigate the practices, imaginations and infrastructure behind different forms of escalations - of which I examine the processes of accelerating prices of commodities in gambling and in agricultural trade.
Furthermore, I am completing a book based on fieldwork at Delhi Race Club, which focus on various topics such as Hindu mythology, the history of horseracing and gambling law, perspectives on uncertainty and methods of prediction, sociality among gamblers, technologies for legal and illegal economies. The book suggests that in our approach to games we should not only focus on how games are designed and played, but how they might be played with, and the subsequent speculations that might entail.
Meanwhile, I am keeping an interest in movement, dance and embodied knowledge alive. This area of research is based on fieldwork among dancers in Delhi and research in the history of dance. As part of this research I take dance as a methodology of gaining embodied knowledge on topics such as gender and religion. Furthermore, I approach dance as an entry to the understanding of embodied cultural encounters and societal processes of change.
Teaching
In my teaching I put emphasis on student participation, because I believe that we learn best by working with the teaching materiale ourselves. I thus integrate writing, dialogue, disussion of cases etc. which we work with on both off and online platforms, which gives the possibility for different forms of feedback.
Fields of interest
India and anthropology; Gambling, speculation, play and economy; Climate and agriculture; Hinduism, spirituality, movement and dance.
Selected publications
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Escalations: Theorizing Sudden Accelerating Change
Højer, Lars, Kublitz, A., Puri, Stine Simonsen & Bandak, Andreas, 2018, In : Anthropological Theory. 18, 1, p. 36-58 22 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Speculation: Futures and Capitalism in India
Bear, L., Birla, R. & Puri, Stine Simonsen, 2015, In : Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 35, 3, p. 387-391 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Relationships of chance: Friendships in a gambling setting of urban India
Puri, Stine Simonsen, 2016, In : South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 39, 1, p. 109-125 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Billeder på integration: Kulturmøder, samfundsforandringer og projektmetoder
Petersen, A. M. & Puri, Stine Simonsen, 2014, Aarhus: Systime. (Systime iBog).Research output: Book/Report › Book › Education
Selected activities
Betting on the Monsoon in Rajasthans Desert
Puri, Stine Simonsen (Other)21 Apr 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Speculation in Fixed Futures: An Ethnography of Betting in between Legal and Illegal Economies at the Delhi Racecourse
Research output: Book/Report › Ph.D. thesis › Research
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Betting on People: Bookmaking at Delhi Racecourse
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter
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Relationships of chance: Friendships in a gambling setting of urban India
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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