Samina Luthfa
{{short description|Bangladeshi academic and activist}}
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| nationality = Bangladeshi
| workplaces = University of Dhaka, Food Safety and Innovation Lab
| alma_mater = University of Oxford, Lehigh University, University of Dhaka
| known_for = Environmental and social justice movements, political ecology, gender studies
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| discipline = Political Ecology, Social Movement, Work and Employment, Indigenous knowledge, Gender Studies
| sub_discipline = Sociologist
| native_name = সামিনা লুৎফা
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| notable_students = Nahid Islam{{cite web |title=Nahid Islam |url=https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/nahid-islam |website=Front Line Defenders |access-date=5 December 2024 |language=en |date=30 July 2024}}
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Samina Luthfa (Bengali: সামিনা লুৎফা) also known as Samina Luthfa Nitra is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Dhaka and a social activist. Luthfa employs qualitative and mixed-method research, primarily concentrating on South Asia.{{cite web |title=Profile of Dr. Samina Luthfa |date=15 June 2023 |url=https://agrilinks.org/post/dr-samina-luthfa-gender-lens-food-safety-bangladesh |access-date=2024-12-05}} She also a key member of University Teachers' Network, Bangladesh.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=5 August 2024 |title=Teachers lay out 5-point outline for interim govt |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/teachers-lay-out-5-point-outline-interim-govt-3669761 |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Education and career
Luthfa earned her DPhil from the University of Oxford. She has also got an MA in Sociology from Lehigh University in the United States, where she completed her second master's with a Fulbright Scholarship.{{cite web |title=Dr. Samina Luthfa: A Gender Lens on Food Safety in Bangladesh |date=15 June 2023 |url=https://agrilinks.org/post/dr-samina-luthfa-gender-lens-food-safety-bangladesh |access-date=2024-12-05}} She has been involved in various research projects and has supervised numerous MSS and Ph.D. students.{{Cite news |date= |title=DU sociology students protest against Islamophobic incident |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/360312/du-sociology-students-protest-against-islamophobic |publisher=Dhaka Tribune}}{{Failed verification|date=January 2025}}. She is an award winning theatre worker and founding member of [https://bottala.com/ Bottala -a performance space] {{Cite news |date= |title=নিত্রার গল্প নিত্রার প্রশ্ন |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8|website= প্রথম আলো}}.
Publication
= Books =
- Luthfa, S., Khan, T., & Kamal, M. (2022). The Bangladesh Environmental Humanities Reader: Environmental Justice, Developmental Victimhood and Resistance. Maryland: Lexington.Luthfa, Samina, Khan, Tanzimuddin, and Kamal, Munasir. The Bangladesh Environmental Humanities Reader: Environmental Justice, Developmental Victimhood and Resistance. Maryland: Lexington, 2022. {{ISBN|9781498599139}}. Available at: [https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498599139/The-Bangladesh-Environmental-Humanities-Reader-Environmental-Justice-Developmental-Victimhood-and-Resistance Rowman & Littlefield].
- Chowdhury, Z. A., Luthfa, S., & Gayen, K. (2016). Vulnerable Empowerment: Understanding Capabilities and Vulnerabilities of Female Garment Workers in Bangladesh. Dhaka: Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.{{cite book |last1=Choudhury |first1=Zahidul Arefin |last2=Luthfa |first2=Samina |last3=Gāẏena |first3=Kāberī |title=Vulnerable empowerment: capabilities and vulnerabilities of female garments workers in Bangladesh |date=2016 |publisher=Bangladesh Mahila Parishad |location=Dhaka, Bangladesh |isbn=978-984-34-1066-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7p5itAEACAAJ |access-date=5 December 2024 |language=en}}
= Research area and articles<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Samina Luthfa Dhaka University Profile |url=https://du.ac.bd/faculty/faculty_details/SOC/1101#:~:text=Samina%20Luthfa%2C%20DPhil%20(Oxford),%2C%20popular%20culture%2C%20and%20media. |website=du.ac.bd |access-date=5 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> =
- Media: Examining the framing of political protests in newspapers and studying the popular music preferences of Bangladeshi youth.
- Qualitative Research Methodology: Exploring action-based research in feminist political ecology.
- Indigenous Knowledge: Focusing on the agro-ecological knowledge of indigenous groups and their identity politics.{{cite web |title=Samina Luthfa |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samina-Luthfa |access-date=2024-12-05}}
- Political Ecology: Investigating environmental justice movements and their impact in the global south.
- Gender: Studying discrimination against and vulnerabilities of female workers in Bangladesh, and the voices of women peasants and theatre actors.
Projects
Luthfa has been involved in these projects:
- Enhancing Food Safety in Fish and Chicken Value Chains of Bangladesh: A USAID-funded project where she serves as a Gender Advisor and Co-Principal Investigator.{{cite web |title=Dr. Samina Luthfa: A Gender Lens on Food Safety in Bangladesh |date=15 June 2023 |url=https://agrilinks.org/post/dr-samina-luthfa-gender-lens-food-safety-bangladesh |access-date=2024-12-05}}
- Youth and Cultural Consumption: A study on the consumption patterns of Korean culture (K-Pop) among Bangladeshi youth.{{cite web |title=Samina Luthfa |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samina-Luthfa |access-date=2024-12-05}}
- Female Garment Workers' Rights: Research on the perceived vulnerability and capability of female garment workers in Bangladesh.{{cite web |title=Quota protests: GD filed against three people, including two DU teachers |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/quota-protests-gd-filed-against-three-people-including-two-du-teachers |website=The Financial Express |access-date=5 December 2024 |language=en}}
- Indigenous Knowledge: A Fulbright Scholarship-funded project debunking myths about indigenous knowledge.{{Cite web |title=Samina Luthfa, DPhil (Oxford) |url=https://du.ac.bd/faculty/faculty_details/SOC/1101 |access-date= |website=University of Dhaka Faculty Page}}
= Political engagement =
During the July Uprising in Bangladesh, Luthfa participated in discussions and seminars, highlighting the socio-political dynamics and the impact of the uprising and widely regarded as one of the figure activists of the movement.{{cite news |title=DU students rally against cancellation of textbook revision committee |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/du-students-rally-against-cancellation-textbook-revision-committee-954416 |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=The Business Standard |date=30 September 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Majority in Bangladesh feels oppressed due to mob justice: Samina Luthfa |date=14 November 2024 |url=https://thereport.live/bangladesh/majority-in-bangladesh-feels-oppressed-due-to-mob-justice/32812 |access-date=2024-12-05}}{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Majority Feels Oppressed Amid Mob Justice |url=https://tvista.org/bangladesh/140/bangladesh-majority-feels-oppressed-amid-mob-justice |access-date=2024-12-05}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=4 August 2024 |title=University Teachers' Network proposes 5-point for democratic transition |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/fhlprn5bxd |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=Prothomalo |language=en}}
= Publications and awards =
Luthfa has published on her areas of research and has received awards for her contributions to sociology and activism.{{Cite news |date=5 Dec 2024 |title=Insert DU students protest against labeling Samina Luthfa as 'anti-Islam' |url=https://www.observerbd.com/news/492814 |publisher=The Daily Observer}}{{Failed verification|date=January 2025}}
References
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External links
- [https://du.ac.bd/faculty/faculty_details/SOC/1101#:~:text=Samina%20Luthfa%2C%20DPhil%20(Oxford),%2C%20popular%20culture%2C%20and%20media.) Samina Lutfa Faculty Profile at Dhaka University]
- [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samina-Luthfa ResearchGate Profile]
- [https://agrilinks.org/post/dr-samina-luthfa-gender-lens-food-safety-bangladesh Agrilinks Profile]
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