Papers by Subhadra M I T R A Channa
The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality, 2023
Perceiving the Body Lambek (1998) points to the universal prevalence of the concepts of body and ... more Perceiving the Body Lambek (1998) points to the universal prevalence of the concepts of body and mind, irrespective of how they are situated with respect to each other, dualistically or unitarily. He views them as incommensurate entities that refer to some essential conditions about "being in this world" (Lambek 2006). These two universal aspects of being in this world are accepted in all cultures and by all peoples; they exist side by side but never touch totally. This is also the case for the concepts of interiority and physicality held by peoples brought up into animistic and totemistic conceptual frameworks (Descola 2013: 116). However, neither mind nor body may be essentialized but rather they are understood and known in many complex ways across the diversity of cultures.
Routledge eBooks, Jul 20, 2022
IGNOU eBooks, 2018
Cultural Dimensions of Development and Biodiversity Conservation 5 Indigenous Environmental Knowl... more Cultural Dimensions of Development and Biodiversity Conservation 5 Indigenous Environmental Knowledge Systems and Development UNIT 1 INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPMENT Contents Cultural Dimensions of Development and Biodiversity Conservation Cultural Dimensions of Development and Biodiversity Conservation Common Future (WCED 1987). Both reports emphasised the need to use directly the environmental expertise of local people in managing natural resources. They stressed that sustainable management of natural resources could only be achieved by developing a science based on the priorities of local people and creating a technological base that blends both traditional and modern approaches to solving problems (Martha Johnson, 1992). It also gained international recognition after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro. Agenda 21, one of the environmental agreements signed at UNCED, emphasizes that governments and intergovernmental organisations should respect, record, and work toward incorporating indigenous knowledge systems into research and development programs for the conservation of biodiversity and sustainability of agricultural and natural resource management systems. Other international documents, such as the 1980 "World Conservation Strategy" by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), also paved the way for the recognition of the important role played by indigenous knowledge in biodiversity and human development. The value of indigenous knowledge systems in facilitating development is now gradually being recognized by governments and developments agencies. Today, indigenous environmental knowledge is a growing field of inquiry, both nationally and internationally, particularly for those interested in educational innovation (Peter Mwaura, 2008). Activity Name some of indigenous group who are living near by your locality? Cultural Dimensions of Development and Biodiversity Conservation Indigenous Environmental Knowledge Systems and Development Even though there is no universally accepted definition of indigenous knowledge in literature, there are a number of definitions describe of "indigenous knowledge", and most of them are confronted by some fundamental problems of differentiating it from other types of knowledge. This is in part due to the differences in background and perceptions of the various authors who come from varied fields ranging from Social Anthropology to Agricultural Engineering. Nevertheless, the various definitions also have some common traits. Since there are numerous definitions of indigenous knowledge found throughout the literature, for your knowledge let us discuss few of them. Cultural Dimensions of Development and Biodiversity Conservation Cultural Dimensions of Development and Biodiversity Conservation Cultural Dimensions of Development and Biodiversity Conservation Cultural Dimensions of Development and Biodiversity Conservation Cultural Dimensions of Development and Biodiversity Conservation Cultural Dimensions of Development and Biodiversity Conservation
Teoria e Cultura, 2013
One usually has in mind when one visualizes a city, that it would be modern, urban and devoid of ... more One usually has in mind when one visualizes a city, that it would be modern, urban and devoid of any traditional elements, although street fairs are common in most part of the world. But visitors to the capital city of India are surprised to see a city that teems with life not only human, but of all kinds on the streets. Unlike in the most parts of the world, the city does not have organized and disciplined practices on its roads, but any kind of ‘activity’ for any kind of purpose, religious, social and cultural may transform the streets at any time, with no planning and no rationality and yet be accepted by all concerned as ‘normal’. One cannot but refer back to age old cosmologies and world-views to explain how a seemingly modern city fitted out with practically every modern technology can still remain so rooted in traditions and manifest an almost complete lack of discipline, predictability and order. There is a need to redefine what exactly we mean by urban and if any substantive definition cutting across regional/cultural differences is possible.
Cosmo Publications eBooks, 2000
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi eBooks, 2020
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi eBooks, 2020
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi eBooks, Oct 1, 2019
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi eBooks, Oct 1, 2019
En la casa, la publicacion universitaria nunca se ha alentado en la India, y practicamente no jue... more En la casa, la publicacion universitaria nunca se ha alentado en la India, y practicamente no juega ningun papel en el establecimiento de credenciales academicas. Anteriormente, las prestigiosas editoriales universitarias de fuera, asi como las privadas, tenian un buen control sobre el mercado. En la actualidad, un gran numero de editores en linea dudosos han creado un area gris de publicacion, y sorprendentemente, algunas de estas revistas privadas y comerciales han sido reconocidas por la University Grants Commission (UGC); dejando de lado muchas de las revistas academicamente prestigiosas y que no pagan
Diogenes, Aug 1, 2016
Western intellectual sources have dominated the social sciences to an extent that most definition... more Western intellectual sources have dominated the social sciences to an extent that most definitions originate from a Eurocentric meaning system; words like urban, wild, nature, and culture being no exception. This paper interrogates and makes a critical assessment of what urban may mean in a non-western context, taking Delhi, the capital of India, as an example. It demonstrates that the meaning of a phrase, ‘being urban’, can only be understood in its historical, social/cultural, and political context; that the notion of a civil society, and meaning of terms such as public and private may be contextualized in varying moral universes and value systems to mean quite different things in different contexts. Overall the paper seeks to illuminate the futility of monolithic and reductionist constructs and value of situational and ethnographically constructed meanings of social and cultural phenomena. It demonstrates that even dichotomies like urban/non-urban are fuzzy and fluid, given the actual situation of real cities and their population; that a city is not defined by structure alone but by the people who live in it.
Gender is the cultural construct of sex. It conceptualizes certain culturally constructed charact... more Gender is the cultural construct of sex. It conceptualizes certain culturally constructed characters as given conditions and hence part of the natural order; for example the "natural" physical and psychological differences between males and females. Generally speaking, the gender conceptualiztions are that part of cosmology that lie in the realm of, as Bourdieu (1977) would term, "shared assumptions" which lie beyond the realm of rationality. They are the conditions which are accepted without question. The choice of mate and marriage pattern in society is to a large extent related with the local conception of gender and a unquestioned aspect of the cosmology.
The papers that follow were included in a Panel titled 'Women's Entrepreneurship in a Globalizing... more The papers that follow were included in a Panel titled 'Women's Entrepreneurship in a Globalizing World', which was part of the International Interdisciplinary Conference on Issues of Legitimacy: Entrepreneurial culture, Corporate Responsibility and Urban Development that was held in Naples in September 2012. The Conference was promoted by the Commission on Urban Anthropology (IUAES). I convened this Panel on behalf of the Commission on the Anthropology of Women (IUAES) with the specific aim of reflecting on the effects of economic globalization, rapid urbanization and environmental changes on individual lives and communities, especially from a gender perspective. An important goal was to investigate the mechanisms of survival and the livelihood strategies employed by women in order to cope with these problems from 'material, experiential and daily-life level' (Mohanty 1991: 21). The papers presented in the Panel offered detailed ethnographic examples from urban societies across the continents providing kaleidoscopic insights into the responses of women to challenging situations.
Social Anthropology, May 1, 2012
Anthropology of Work Review, Jun 14, 2010
The question of what people are expected to live on raises many issues, foregrounding the rather ... more The question of what people are expected to live on raises many issues, foregrounding the rather metaphysical question of how people are viewed as people. To argue for the implementation of a really viable living wage one would have to argue against the dehumanization of bodies, of construction of personhoods that demean humans, and to visualize a change in worldview and perceptual categories. Living wage discussions on India must go beyond economies to address the cultural/cosmological factors that mark power relations and shape social categories, and this must be done against the backdrop of overpopulation and abject poverty.
Cosmo Publications eBooks, 1998
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