Annapurna Mamidipudi completed her PhD in the study of Science, Technology and Modern Culture at Maastricht University supervised by Wiebe Bijker in 2016. Using concepts from the history of technology as well as traditional Indian music Mamidipudi explored how innovation and creativity in Science and Art follow similar cognitive processes. She co-organised a seminar on Craft and Innovation in Kalakshetra, the premier Music and Dance institution, in Chennai in 2016, and a large conference bringing together more than 500 weavers and international historians of technology in Chirala in 2018.
Mamidipudi’s research interests include the study of how craftspeople innovate their material practices and how they make knowledge claims to build recognition in contemporary society. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the PENELOPE project in the Deutsches Museum.
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