Speakers
- Sarah Khan
- Asian/Pacific/American Institute, NYU, Visiting Scholar
Sarah K. Khan writes and creates content (prints, photography, films) about food, culture, women, and migrants. Her multimedia projects include: South Asian women farmers (with a brown supershero narrator), Migrant Kitchens (Queens, NY/Northeast USA), The Cookbook of Gestures (Fez, Morocco), and The Book of Delights. In 2014-15, she worked with Siddi (African Indians) women farmers/quilters. Exhibitions and publications include: black and white photographs, including Siddi women farmers (Kimmel NYU, 2017); Khan, SK. (2019). “To Sow and To Sew: Siddi Women Farmers (Quilters) in Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India.” Ed Vol., Africans in South Asia, KX. Robbins et al. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing; Faber-Cullen, M. (2016) “Siddi Quilt Makers: Kawandi: Quilts of Karnataka by Siddis, Indians of African Descent.” Uppercase Magazine. Khan has degrees in Middle Eastern history (BA), public health and nutrition (MPH, MS), and plant sciences/ethnobotany (PhD). A two-time Fulbright scholar, Khan has received multiple grants and fellowships. www.sarahkkhan.com