Comilla University | Md Azmain Muhtasim Mir

Md Azmain Muhtasim Mir

Associate Professor

Comilla University
Cumilla-3506, Bangladesh

azmain.mir@cou.ac.bd

Biography
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Publication
Research Interest

Md Azmain Muhtasim Mir is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh. Azmain is currently pursuing PhD degree in Society and Culture at the University of Tasmania (UTAS), Hobart, TAS, Australia. His HDR program at UTAS is supported by a fully funded research scholarship. In December 2018, Azmain received a Master of Anthropology (Advanced) degree from The Australian National University, Australia. This program was funded by Australia Awards Scholarship (AAS). Earlier, he completed his Bachelor and Master in Anthropology at the University of Rajshahi (RU), Rajshahi, Bangladesh. After graduation, Azmain worked as a researcher and a research officer in different research projects at Save the Children International (SCI) and Icddr'b. Subsequently, he joined the Department of Anthropology at Comilla University as a lecturer and working here since July 2013. Azmain’s recent and previous research mainly explored the representation and marginalization of ethnic and religious minorities; issues in cultural heritage, tourism development and management; the impact of digital technology and commodification on young people and children; construction of personhood through well-being and social aspirations, exclusion and vulnerabilities through medicalization, development disaster and social surveillance.

Education Qualification
Job Experience

Master Degree	Australian National University	Anthropology (Advanced)
Master Degree	University of Rajshahi (RU), Rajshahi	Anthropology
Bachelor	University of Rajshahi (RU), Rajshahi	Anthropology

Department of Anthropology, Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh Assistant Professor July 2016 - October 2021
Department of Anthropology, Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh Lecturer July 2013 - June 2016
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh Research Officer October 2012 - June 2013
Save the Childrern International, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh Researcher March 2012 - September 2012
Comilla University, Bangladesh Associate Professor October 2021 - Present

Mir, A.M.M. 2019. Implications of Michel Foucault's ideas on Power, Subjectification, and Resistance in Ethnographic Analyses: An Overview, Comilla University Journal of Social Science, Vol. 2, No: 01, Comilla University, Comilla, Bangladesh.
Mir, A.M.M. 2019. Representation and Marginalization of Jumma People through Tourism Development and Management in Sajek Valley of Chattogram Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: An Analysis; Man & Culture, Vol.4, No.3, Pp 89-102, Institute of Social Research & Applied Anthropology (ISRAA), Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Mir, A.M.M 2018. Experiences of Impoverished Abandoned Women and their Children in Comilla City of Bangladesh, Comilla University Journal of Social Science, Vol.1. No. 01, Comilla University, Comilla, Bangladesh.
Mir, A.M.M 2015. Women Workers’ Experience and Survival Tactics in the Garments Industry: A Study, Gender Relation, Otherness and Market-oriented Globalization, Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka & Novel Publishing House, Dhaka.
Mir, A.M.M. 2014. “Desire of Life and the Construction processes of Desire; Middle class Male’s and Female’s Agency”, The Journal of Anthropology (Nriviggyana Patrika), Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, 19.

Mir, A.M. 2022, Researcher’s Positionality and Reflexivity; Lessons from the Ethnographic Fieldwork on the West Coast of Tasmania, Regional Research and Education Conference, University of Tasmania, Cradle Coast Campus, Tasmania, Australia.
Mir, A.M. 2020. Celebration and Commodification of Bengali New Year among Urban Youth in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 26th IPSA World Congress of Political Science, International Political Science Association; Lisbon, Portugal (virtual presentation)
Mir, A. M. 2019. Role of Shaheed Minar (Martyr's Column) in the nation-building process, and for circulating the ideals of linguistic nationalism and Bengali ethnicity among the urban youth, International Conference on Material Cultures in South Asia, Organized by Dept. of Anthropology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Department of Asian Studies, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Mir, A.M. 2018. Experiences of Impoverished Abandoned Women and their Children in Comilla City of Bangladesh, Student Research Conference, Academic Skills and Learning Center (ASLC), Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Mir, A.M. 2016. Impact of Water Logging and the Livelihood Strategy of South-West Coastal Region People of Bangladesh, International Conference: Anthropology, Adaptation and Resilience in Climate Change; Department of Anthropology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Mir, A.M. 2013. Desires of Life and People's Agency: A study on middle classes male and female in Mymensingh City, Bangladesh; Critical Juncture between Theory and Practices in Anthropology: International Conference; HEQEP & Department of Anthropology, Comilla University, Comilla, Bangladesh.

Critical Theories and Contemporary Perspectives; Cultural Heritage, Multiculturalism and Citizenship
Heritage, Tourism and Community Development; Ethnicity, Nationalism and the politics of Recognition
Social and Cultural Construction of Personhood; Well-being and Happiness of South Asian Migrants
Digitalization, Commodification and Urban youth