{"id":7900,"date":"2021-05-12T09:32:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T13:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=7900"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:08:22","slug":"manvitha-singamsetty","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/people\/manvitha-singamsetty\/","title":{"rendered":"Manvitha Singamsetty"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manvitha Singamsetty is a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa. Her work analyses liberal multiculturalism and suggests Gandhi\u2019s principle of non-violence and practice of satyagraha as a framework for public and political spaces in liberal democratic societies. Her wider research interests include classical Indian philosophy, social and political philosophy, and human-nonhuman relationships in environmental philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has over 14+ years of international experience in the D&amp;I sector, including project management, curriculum development and implementation, inter-cultural dialogue, peace negotiations, and community engagement. She has developed curriculum and facilitated over 300 workshops on anti-racism, anti-oppression, microaggressions, workplace cohesion, leadership training, compassion, and building allyship using sociological, anthropological, philosophical, and popular education methodologies. She has worked with federal governments, universities, and community organisations in over 9 countries including, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, India, and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006 Singamsetty, Manvitha (with A. Singh), \u201c<em>Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Derrida on Deconstruction<\/em>, by Barry Stocker \u2014 Review\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Metapsychology Online<\/em>&nbsp;(24 October 2006), Vol 10, No 43.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007&nbsp; Singamsetty, Manvitha (with A. Singh), \u201c<em>Gender Trouble<\/em>&nbsp;by Judith Butler \u2014 Review\u201d,&nbsp;<em>Metapsychology Online&nbsp;<\/em>(23<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;October 2007, Vol 11, No 43.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2008&nbsp; Initiated the first ever Departmental Journal \u2013&nbsp;<em>Journal of Philosophy<\/em>, Vol I Issue I titled \u2018Metamorphosis\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016 \u201cA Ticket to Self-Discovery: Situating Yoga in Yoga Travel\u201d in&nbsp;<em>Constructions of Self and Other in Yoga, Travel and Tourism<\/em>, Eds. Lori G. Beaman and Sonia Sikka, Springer International, 2016, pp. 81-89.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2017 Beyer, Peter., Cummins, Alyshea., Craig, Scott., and&nbsp;<strong>Singamsetty, Manvitha<\/strong>.&nbsp;<em>Cultural and Religious Identity among 18 to 45 year-olds in Canada: A Survey, Summary and Selected Findings.&nbsp;<\/em>Ottawa, Ontario: The Religion and Diversity Project. 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