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Deepali Dewan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Toronto and the Senior Curator of Global South Asia at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Her research encompasses critical issues related to colonial, modern, and contemporary visual culture in South Asia and its diaspora, with a specific focus on the history and theory of photography. Dewan has worked on significant projects including 'Raja Deen Dayal: Artist-Photographer in 19th-Century India' and the exhibition 'Embellished Reality: Indian Painted Photographs.' She is co-editor of the open-access, online, peer-reviewed journal 'Trans Asian Photography.' Currently, she is exploring vernacular photography and the cultural practices surrounding family photos, particularly in relation to human movement during the long 20th century. Additionally, she is part of the steering committee for the SSHRC-funded Family Camera Network, which has led to the creation of an archive consisting of family photos and oral histories archived directly from families in collaboration with the ROM ArQuives.
Department of Sociology