Remembering My Duniya

Remembering My Duniya

Anandam Kavoori (Forthcoming). “Remembering My Duniya.” Journal of Autoethnography (Published by The University of California Press).

Abstract: This autoethnographic place-based essay explores the ecological space the author grew up in the desert state of Gujarat, in western India. Simultaneously, it also an exploration of the inner journey of discovery, joy and belonging that a child enacts in discovering the outdoors, his /her/their Duniya, or to put it more formally, comes into an environmental consciousness. The essay draws on readings from the fields of autoethnography, cultural anthropology, memoir writing, narrative non-fiction, and environmental studies.

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