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Ankhi Thakurta

@ankhithakurta.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof at Boston College studying the civic literacies & learning of urban migrant youth. Artist. Former 8th grade ELA teacher. PhD from Penn GSE.

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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
New publication 🌟 doi.org/10.1111/lit....
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Creative Civic Literacies: Exploring Asian Girls' Compositions in a Virtual Diasporic Third Space
Drawing on sociocultural literacy, Asian American feminist and third space lenses, this paper explores how nine US-based Asian diasporic girls composed for civic learning in a virtual Youth Participa...
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Karis Jones Ph.D. @karismjones.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
New release: ETPC special issue "Advancing critical gaming literacies in language arts and literacy education”! Gather your teacher bffs, Discord server, or PSTs to play our *roleplaying game* for reading the issue together 🎮🎲👾 www.emerald.com/etpc/article... @virginiak.bsky.social
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Guest editorial: Advancing critical gaming literacies in language arts and literacy education
Games proliferate in our modern world, ranging from online video games to board games and table-top roleplaying games, each with their unique communities and practices. Accordingly, it can be difficul...
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I'm delighted to share my new piece for the Journal of Literacy Research 🥰 This paper explores Indonesian American girls’ civic compositional literacies. Check it out to learn more about three girls’ gorgeous, critical, and visionary composing! doi.org/10.1177/1086...
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Civic Compositional Literacies of Indonesian American Girlhood - Ankhi G. Thakurta, 2026
This paper examines how, in a virtual critical literacy community, Indonesian American girls took up invitations for civic composing. While these young women fa...
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Always a pleasure to explore youth civic speculation with @alexcorbitt.bsky.social! Check out our new piece.
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
OMG! 😍😍😍
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Scott Storm @scottstorm.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I ran a literary salon with brilliant youth literary scholars! Check out that work in this new article in Reading Research Quarterly (RRQ)! Youth reveal powerful links between literary interpretation & social justice education! #literacies, #edusky, #iteachenglish, #literacy doi.org/10.1002/rrq....
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<em>Reading Research Quarterly</em> | ILA Literacy Journal | Wiley Online Library
Disciplinary literacy explores knowledge-producing communities, but less often considers youth as scholars in their own right, particularly as related to English language arts. Drawing on theories of...
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
You are amazing, Ebony! Huge, huge congratulations!!! ❤️
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Rockstars!
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Congrats, Matt!!! Such great news!
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
❤️❤️❤️ would LOVE to hear you play!!!
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It has been my pleasure! Thank you sincerely for the invitation ❤️
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Thank you for joining us! Check out Dr. Thakurta’s recently released article: “Globally Marginalized People Shifting Temporalities Through Arts-Based Methodologies in Educational Research”
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Yes to Kendrick Lamar!!!
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This is exactly why it's so important to do. I love this example!
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A6 Part 1 I’m inspired by so many WoC creators across history, like Gloria Anzaldúa, Frida Kahlo, Arundhati Roy, Octavia Butler, and Toni Morrison. #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Absolutely - in my work, I often ask youth to respond to creative prompts that actively invite multiple modes of expression (e.g., visual, spatial). This allows youth to mobilize their whole literate repertoires. Further, I if youth are using language, I try to invite ALL their languages (if I can)
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A5 Part 2 Decenter language. Make art alongside your research partners, and for the purposes they desire. #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A5 Part 1 There are so many ways, but here are some ideas: take the time to learn about the creative traditions and legacies of your research partners. Ask folks if and how they like to create, and be responsive to those preferences in your research design. #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Absolutely - I also think this has to do with how such legacies are systemically marginalized in schools & other dominant civic institutions (and makes me wonder what we can do to interrupt that marginalization)
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A4 Part 3 You could invite people to respond to small creative prompts, create a magazine, organize an open mic night, bring together an artist collective, and more…the possibilities are endless. #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A4) Part 2 And strive to create such opportunities for others – whether they be in your schools, your universities, or your communities near and far. #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A4) Part 1 In this era of cruel destruction, each of us must step into our roles as civic artists. Formal schooling strips us of the view that we are creators – and yet, we are. Let’s think of ways to imbue our days with small acts of artistry. #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It's also worth thinking about if/how these spaces should be defined/normed/bounded when they're created.
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Absolutely - not all artmaking invitations are created equal/in the service of fostering civic engagement
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A3) Part 2: In some of the projects I’ve run, youth have utilized their artistic gifts in different ways (e.g., drawing, poetry-writing, film-making) to express their expansive civic identities, and to dream of new worlds. #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A3) Part 1: I’m privileged to work with immigrant youth who are heirs to rich transnational creative legacies. #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A2) Part 2: For example, undocumented creators have used artmaking to powerfully assert their rights to dignity and belonging (even as these are brutally challenged by formal civic institutions). #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A1) Part 1: The arts can unsettle the importance of dominant civic literacies. If we can create, we can influence public life – regardless of our “formal” status. #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I've definitely found myself thinking more about civic comedy lately...
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I love this, Dr. Rice! Agreed with you re: feeling included. Also, you're making me super curious about the different (multi)modal ways that civic consciousness can be expressed
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
What sort of poetry do you read in your classes? Super curious!
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I think audience-gathering is key.
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A1) Part 2) It’s hard to imagine major social movements (e.g., #BLM, #MeToo) without the arts. For example, it’s no surprise that you’ll see creative signage at protests (or hear voices raised in song). #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A1) Part 1 - People have used the arts – creative literate practices (e.g., drawing, painting, dancing, acting, composing, and more) – to address sociopolitical issues in ways that traditional practices (e.g., voting) cannot. #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Ankhi Thakurta here - assistant prof at the Boston College Lynch School of education! Super excited to be in conversation with everyone. #literacies
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
❤️❤️❤️
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
**In 2 short hours!** - Join #literacies at 5pm PST/8pm EST tonight as we discuss Fostering Arts-Based Civic Literacies with Dr. Ankhi Thakurta!
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS, FRIEND! They are beyond lucky to have you!!!! <3
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I celebrate you, you beautiful and amazing person! ❤️ Wishing you a lovely day - you deserve it!
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Join us for our upcoming March #literacies chat with Dr. @ankhithakurta.bsky.social!
The poster reads: Join us for our March #literacies chat! Fostering Arts-Based Civic Literacies on Tuesday 3/25 5-6 pm PT | 8-9 pm ET. Hosted by Dr. Ankhi Thakurta (@ankhithakurta.bsky.social), Assistant Professor of Education at the Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development.
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tru @thetrudz.photo · 09/03/2025
Toni Morrison:
“No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear: In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.” by Toni Morrison; excerpt reads: 

“Dictators and tyrants routinely begin their reigns and sustain their power with the deliberate and calculated destruction of art: the censorship and book-burning of unpoliced prose, the harassment and detention of painters, journalists, poets, playwrights, novelists, essayists. This is the first step of a despot whose instinctive acts of malevolence are not simply mindless or evil; they are also perceptive. Such despots know very well that their strategy of repression will allow the real tools of oppressive power to flourish. Their plan is simple:

1. Select a useful enemy—an “Other”—to convert rage into conflict, even war.

2. Limit or erase the imagination that art provides, as well as the critical thinking of scholars and journalists.

3. Distract with toys, dreams of loot, and themes of superior religion or defiant national pride that enshrine past hurts and humiliations.”
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Tune in! Should be a great conversation.
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Ebony, thank you SO much for your incredible support! Sending you the biggest virtual hug ❤️
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Anna, thank you so much! Your support means the world to me ❤️
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Work or study in a university? Worried about cuts, closures or redundancy threats? Feeling anxious, angry, or uncertain what to do? From calming to resisting here are over 50 suggestions you can try - alone or with friends. Please share widely. #AcademicSky theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i...
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Supporting each other through difficult and challenging times - The Research Companion
Science, healthcare and education are threatened worldwide. Here are some starter ideas for ways to work together to share and save vital information. And to care for one another.
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
thank you, friend!!!
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Matt, you are too kind! Thank you so much! 😊
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
What keeps you standing? Honored to share my Equity & Excellence piece on how Asian American girls dexterously use civic literacies to author selves & surface buried histories. Deep love to my beautiful youth partners for sharing their brilliance w. me ❤️ ✨ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“What Keeps Me Standing”: Asian American Girls Theorize and Inhabit Public Life Through Multiple Literacies
Asian American girls face intersectional barriers to belonging in public life—that is, in the formal and informal domains of the civic community. However, scant research has explored how education ...
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Ankhi Thakurta @ankhithakurta.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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