anandi silva knuppel
scholar, media-maker, teacher
My dissertation research is a traditional and visual ethnographic study of daily practices in Hindu traditions. In this work, I pay close attention to how people speak about their daily practices, how people perform them, and how institutions and sources of authority influence these practices.


My professional work exists in and in between the humanities, sciences, and technology in project management, training and teaching, and content development.
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Learn about some of my projects for Emory University, Duke University, Gilded Bridal, and more.

about me
Scholar
Religion • Ethnography • Visual Anthropology
Teacher
Transnational Religion • South Asian Religions • Digital Religion
Editor
Text • Video • Audio
Production
Documentary • Lectures • Photography
Teaching
My pedagogy and research share a common goal: to investigate religious practices as they are lived within specific theologies. My courses encourage students to be active collaborators in the classroom. Together, we foster discussion, community, and spaces to create new understandings of religious traditions in theory and in practice using traditional and innovative digital methods.
Courses Taught
- Transnational Religions - Emory University, 2018
- Introduction to Hinduism - Candler School of Theology, 2016
- Dance and Embodied Knowledge – Assistant
- Hindu and Buddhist Practices of South and Southeast Asia – Assistant
- Hindu Myths – Assistant
- South Asian Civilizations – Assistant


Proposed Courses
Just as my research is transnational and interdisciplinary, courses that I am prepared to teach have a broad reach across religions of South Asia and transnational religions. My courses also cover various methodologies in religious studies from digital approaches to ethnography and visual and material culture.
- Religions of South Asia
- Devotional Arts of India
- Visual and Material Culture in the Study of Religion
- Religion and Community - Hinduism and Buddhism
- Religion and Embodied Knowledge
- Living Epics of India
- Digital Religion
- Ethnographic Methods
Digital Pedagogy
My courses in religion make use of digital methods, but I also regularly teach courses focused on training graduate students and faculty and staff in digital research and pedagogy theories, methods, and technologies.
- Teaching, Pedagogy, Curriculum and Research Graduate Workshop
- Emory Foundations for Online Teaching
- Introduction to Digital Publishing in the Humanities

Regional Bhakti Scholars Network
web development

HDDC
web development

Word Made Life
web development

Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation
web development

Hearing the Call
video editing, videography

Emory Cold Cases
video editing, videography, web development

Society of Visual Anthropology
video editing

Georgia Coast Atlas
video editing, videography, web development

Gilded Bridal
web development

Holocaust Denial on Trial
web development

Big City Map
web development

Practical Matters Journal
web development

Waking Up the Immune System
videography

Basic Science Breakthroughs: Fragile X Syndrome
videography

Gamelan Wayang 2015
photography

Wedding Photography
photography

Odissi Photography
photography

Evening of Telugu Arts
photography

Interview Series with Frans de Waal
video editing, videography

Interview Series with Randall Balmer
video editing, videography

Interview Series with Shaun Casey
video editing, videography

Building a Natya Shastra
videography

Interview Series with Jeffrey Kripal
video editing, videography

Dr. Abdullahi An-Na’im
web development

Samothrace
web development
