Dr Ishani Chandrasekara
Lecturer in Accounting
Roles: Research Seminar Series Liaison
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 2707
Fax: +44 (0)20 7882 3615
Location: Mile End, Francis Bancroft Building, Room 4.02A
Email: i.chandrasekara@qmul.ac.uk
Research interests:
Ishani's research interests are in the field of Critical Accounting and Finance with a particular focus on the presence of a feminine narrative in response to the phallocentric culture that has defined women's subjectivity in the Western philosophy of management. Her doctoral research investigates subaltern knowledge of finance and accounting. In particular, she is interested in the way women in Sri Lanka, in local organisations, develop alternative understandings of finance and accounting, and how both international finance, and large NGOs' seek to convert these women into globalised financial subjects by disregarding this subaltern knowledge.
In this context, her research has greatly benefited from extensive fieldwork with women in Sri Lanka and from studying with the eminent French feminist philosopher, Professor Luce Irigaray, with whom she continues to cooperate on forthcoming publications. Her previous consultations with Professor Gayatri Spivak have also been a great influence in her recent work. The first results of her research are to be published in a special issue of Gender, Work and Organisation and in a chapter in an edited book by Luce Irigaray.
Publications:
Refereed Journal Articles:
- ‘Why Finance is Critical? A dialogue with a Sinhalese Women’s Community’ (2010), ephemera: theory and politics in organization 9 (4): 300-317.
- ‘Ethno-accounting: The Daily Accounting Practices of a Sinhalese Women’s Community’ (2010), Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change, forthcoming.
- ‘Forgotten Women in the Phenomena of Global Finance’ (2010), Gender, Work and Organization, forthcoming.
Monograph:
- Ethnofinance: The Daily Accounting and Finance Practices of a Sinhalese Women’s Community, University of Leicester.