PhD Candidate, Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University
Contributing Editor, Platypus, The CASTAC Blog
About Andra Sonia
Andra Sonia Petrutiu is a PhD candidate in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at Cornell University interested in state-science relationships. Grounded in postcolonial studies of technoscience, affect and the nation, her PhD project explores in a historical ethnography the past and present of Indian supercomputers and the Indian scientists that coalesce around them. In her previous M.A. research, she analyzed how Indian climate modeling shapes and is shaped by far-reaching technopolitical trajectories, changing discourses of self-reliant development, and the reproduction of the postcolonial nation and state power via articulations of technoscientific prowess. In addition, she conducted research on U.S. supercomputing and religious worship in Hindu temples. Reach out to Sonia for contributions on topics such as: postcolonial science and technology studies; history and anthropology of computing; infrastructure, nationalism, and affect studies; anthropology of ontology; environmental ethics; discourses on the Anthropocene.