- Puwar, Nirmal. 2021. Carrying As Method: Listening to Bodies as Archives. Body & Society, 27(1), pp. 3-26. ISSN 1357-034X
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2020. Puzzlement of a d茅j脿 vu: Illuminaries of the global South. The Sociological Review, 68(3), pp. 540-556. ISSN 0038-0261
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2012. Mediations on Making Aaj Kaal. Feminist Review, 100, pp. 124-141. ISSN 0141-7789
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2011. Noise of the Past: Spatial Interruptions of War, Nation, and Memory. The Senses and Society, 6(3), pp. 325-345. ISSN 1745-8927
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2010. The Archi-texture of Parliament: Flaneur as Method in Westminster. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 16(3), pp. 298-312. ISSN 1357-2334
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2009. Sensing a post-colonial Bourdieu: an introduction. The Sociological Review, 57(3), pp. 371-384. ISSN 0038-0261
- Fraser, Mariam and Puwar, Nirmal. 2008. Introduction: Intimacy in Research. History of the Human Sciences, 21(4), pp. 1-16. ISSN 1461720X
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2008. "Postcolonial Bourdieu": Notes on the Oxymoron. transversal,
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2007. Social Cinema Scenes. Space and Culture, 10(2), pp. 253-270. ISSN 12063312
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2004. Thinking About Making a Difference. The British Journal Of Politics And International Relations, 6(1), pp. 65-80. ISSN 1467856X
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2004. Speaking Positions in Global Politics. Multitudes Web, ISSN 1777-5841
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2003. Dorinne Kondo in Interview with Nirmal Puwar. Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, 7(3-4), pp. 253-256. ISSN 1751-7419
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2003. Exhibiting Spectacle and Memory. Fashion Theory:The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, 7(3-4), pp. 257-274. ISSN 17517419
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2002. Multicultural fashion... stirrings of another sense of aesthetics and memory. Feminist Review, 71(1), pp. 63-87. ISSN 0141-7789
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2001. The Racialised Somatic Norm and the Senior Civil Service. Sociology, 35(3), pp. 651-670. ISSN 14698684
- Puwar, Nirmal. 1997. Reflections on Interviewing Women MPs. Sociological Research Online, 2(1), ISSN 13607804
Nirmal Puwar BA MA PhD
Nirmal's research is in space and politics, with respect to bodies, race and gender. She has been leading the field in creative methods, especially through curating spaces.
Staff details
Postcolonialism; institutions, race and gender & critical methodologies
For examples:
Methods Lab - Noise of the Past
Professional Affiliations
Programme Associate of the Leverhulme Funded study of .
Recorded Works
A short film-. Article 1: . Article 2:
Teaching
Nirmal teaches on the MA in Gender, Media & Culture and contributes towards undergraduate teaching.
Publications and research outputs
Book
- Patel, Tarla; Puwar, Nirmal; Piparia, Daksha and Samra, Jitey. 2021. Racist Tones. Coventry; London: FOUR WRITERS Group; 樱桃视频. ISBN 9781912298051
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2004. Space Invaders: race, gender and bodies out of place. Berg. ISBN 9781859736593
- Puwar, Nirmal; Bhatia, Nandi and Mast, J., eds. 2003. Fashion and Orientalism. London: Berg. ISBN 9781859737316
Edited Book
- Coleman, Rebecca; Jungnickel, Kat and Puwar, Nirmal, eds. 2024. How to do social research with鈥�. London: Goldsmiths Press. ISBN 9781913380427
- Back, Les and Puwar, Nirmal, eds. 2013. Live Methods. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4443-3959-8
Book Section
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2026. Walking away and returning: letting go of ashes in Blackpool and Stratford Upon Avon. In: Charlotte Bates and Emma Jackson, eds. Walking: A sociological field guide. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526184900
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2024. How to do social research with... an exhibition in a university corridor. In: Rebecca Coleman; Katrina Jungnickel and Nirmal Puwar, eds. How to do Social Research With... London: Goldsmiths Press, pp. 111-119. ISBN 9781913380427
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2003. Melodramatic Postures and Constructions. In: Nirmal Puwar and Ravi Raghuram, eds. South Asian Women in the Diaspora. Berg, pp. 21-42. ISBN 1859736963
Article
- Puwar, Nirmal. 2025. Space invading: Expanded spatial practices. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 28(5), pp. 1205-1227. ISSN 1367-5494
- Galetto, Manuela; Martucci, Chiara and Puwar, Nirmal. 2025. Space invaders: 鈥淒issonant bodies鈥� in positions of power: A conversation with Nirmal Puwar. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 28(5), pp. 1427-1439. ISSN 1367-5494
- Bunning, Katy; Hahn, Catherine; Puwar, Nirmal and Wajid, Sara. 2025. Editorial: White Materialities. Museum & Society, 23(3), pp. 1-8. ISSN 1479-8360
Conference or Workshop Item
- Ahmed, Sara; Anim-Addo, Joan; Bernard, Claudia A.; Mirza, Heidi; Puwar, Nirmal and Thobani, Sunera. 2013. 'Screening and Panel Discussion on the work of Angela Davis, Free Angela and Other Political Prisoners'. In: Centre for Feminist Research Screening and Panel Discussion. Goldsmiths, Universirty of London, United Kingdom.
Digital
- McGuirk, Siobhan; Johnson, Mark; Clisby, Suzanne; Puwar, Nirmal; Gunaratnam, Yasmin; Turner, James; Choudhury, Tanzina; Ashraful, Ovi; Fernandez, Marta; Gill, Andr茅a; Souza, Isabela; Ar谩mburo, P谩vel Valenzuela; Morales, Deyanira Cl茅riga; Pereyra, Aldo Jorge Led贸n; Garcia, J Neil; Guevara, Nerisa del Carmen; Jacobo, Jaya; Ramil, Kate Alyzon; Clarke, Yaliwe; Matchett, Sara; Mbasalaki, Phoebe Kisubi and Hahn, Catherine. 2022. Re/Locating Cultures of Equality.
- Gunaratnam, Yasmin; Puwar, Nirmal; Johnson, Mark; Clisby, Suzanne; McGuirk, Siobhan; Turner, James; Choudhury, Tanzina; Ashraful, Ovi; Fernandez, Marta; Gill, Andr茅a; Souza, Isabela; Ar谩mburo, P谩vel Valenzuela; Morales, Deyanira Cl茅riga; Pereyra, Aldo Jorge Led贸n; Garcia, J Neil; Guevara, Nerisa del Carmen; Jacobo, Jaya; Ramil, Kate Alyzon; Clarke, Yaliwe; Matchett, Sara; Mbasalaki, Phoebe Kisubi and Hahn, Catherine. 2022. Experiments in Cultures of Equality: A GlobalGRACE online course.
Film/Video
- Patel, Tarla; Puwar, Nirmal; Piparia, Daksha and Samra, Jitey. 2021. Racist Tones Book Talk Film.
Show/Exhibition
- McGuirk, Siobhan and Puwar, Nirmal. 2018. Exchanging Cultures of Equality. In: "Exchanging Cultures of Equality", 樱桃视频, United Kingdom, May 鈥� June 2018.
Other
- Mani, Lata and Puwar, Nirmal. 2014. Screening of film De Sidere 7. 樱桃视频..
