About Me
I am Yamun Sharma—an anthropology and education researcher, educational innovator, and activist. Through my research and practice, I explore how learning, culture, and activism shape each other. In plain English, I spend a lot of time trying to figure out why humans make learning so complicated and inaccessible and what we can do about it.
Inspired by academics such as Nancy Scheper-Hughes, David Graeber, Noam Chomsky, and Sarah Ahmed, my research grows out of a belief in an anthropology of activism: that scholarship should not only analyze the world but also contribute to transforming it.
I am especially interested in how traditions and modernities shape, and are shaped by, everyday life; how alternative pedagogies challenge mainstream systems; and how educational cultures can nurture more just, creative, and humane societies. Ethnographic methods guide much of my work, as I see listening, observing, and storytelling as powerful tools for change.
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About This Blog
This blog is a space where you’ll find my writing, reflections, and sometimes my art—digital doodling, fragments, and ideas, which often operate as my emotional and creative outlet. This blog is also a space for connection: with others who believe in the possibilities of alternative education, who care about culture and community, and who see activism as a form of knowledge-making in its own right.
I’ve also designed this website myself using the Astro framework—something you might see as another one of my artworks.