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- The Language of DollsSharma, Manisha (Virginia Tech, 2009-04-13)The characters in the short story collection The Language of Dolls spring up from the poor, the resource less multitudes of society. Caught in their culture, locale, and state in life, these characters struggle to manifest their potential to the fullest. In a way, they stretch their boundaries and distinguish themselves. Teetering on the verge of a collapse, whether men or women, poor or psychologically impoverished, they all emerge triumphant or often signal ambiguous resolutions. Most of the stories present the struggle of women in adverse circumstances. The Language of Dolls is an act of translation. Set in India and the United States, these stories, characters, their speech, actions, rituals, traditions, setting all are an alien culture fused indelibly to the English language.
- We Thought the Future Would be CoolerFralin, Scott; Grimes, Matt; Stettler Kleine, Marie; Zhang, Lei; Fallah, Navid; Philips, Amanda K.; Risha, Zachary; Kulak, Andrew; Mouchrek, Najla; Sharma, Manisha; Shih, Bono (Virginia Tech, 2016-04-26)Interactive installation in which students from a transdisciplinary collaboration commandeer the challenge of Virginia Tech’s university-wide Beyond Boundaries initiative. The exhibit explores Virginia Tech’s possible futures, but also questions who has a say in imagining them, and to what ends. The project results from STS 6614: Origins of Innovation, a seminar that challenges our beliefs about, and our participation in, innovation. 2016/04/26 - 2016/06/06