About

Prateek is a writer, designer, researcher, and educator based in Providence, Rhode Island. His practice critically interrogates language, history, and memory in the context of South Asia’s difficult colonial past.

Prateek’s current research explores the colonial afterlife of the English language, its fractalization into a mosaic of World Englishes, and the profound implications this has on contemporary formations of citizenship, technology, and pedagogy He has been awarded the SPUR Fund to develop a sound-based “living archive” of World Englishes in extension of his research.

At present, Prateek holds multiple roles at the Rhode Island School of Design, including Lecturer in the Department of Theory + History of Art & Design, Strategic Design Fellow — Research & Insight at the Center for Complexity, and Coordinator of the Center for Arts & Language. He holds a master’s in cultural studies and critical theory from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a bachelor’s in architectural design from the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi. Prateek is a recipient of the Young India and RISD fellowships and is a participating artist in the Futura Trōpica Netroots.