Domination (Session 1): Online Conference on Reimagining citizenship in South Asia
Researchers from Australia, India and the United Kingdom presented in the panel on “Domination”. The panel was moderated by Dr Harsh Mander - a co-investigator in the Reimagining citizenship: The politics of India's amended citizenship laws research project.
Papers:
1. “A critical discourse analysis of Hindu nationalists’ citizenship narrative” by Stuti Bhatnagar, University of New South Wales, Australia; and Zahid Shahab Ahmed, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization, Deakin University, Australia.
2. “India: From the world’s largest democracy to a Hindu ethnocracy” Indrajit Roy, Department of Politics, University of York, UK.
3. “Citizenship Conundrum of the Exterior Castes during ‘Crisis’ and ‘Normalcy” by Sheetal Dinkar Asha Kamble, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai, India.
4. “Contesting Cultural Citizenship and Political Citizenship: A Sociological Study of Paroja Tribe” by Devanjan Khuntia, Sharda University, India.
About the “Reimagining citizenship in South Asia” Conference:
The Reimagining Citizenship project, based at the University of York, and supported by funding from the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, together with the South Asia Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association is co-convening an online conference on “Reimagining citizenship in South Asia”.
South Asia today bears witness to profound contestations over ideas and practices associated with citizenship. Notions of rights, presence and membership in the political community are being interrogated. As the 1.5 billion people of the region negotiate their states, societies and territories in a quest for better lives, they imbue citizenship with meanings that extend far beyond its original conception as a status bestowed by governments upon populations. This conference invites reflections on contemporary imaginations of citizenship in this geopolitically explosive, economically precarious and ecologically fragile region.
The conference was co-convened by Dr. Indrajit Roy, University of York, UK; Dr. Buddhadeb Halder, University of York, UK; Dr. Filippo Boni, Open University, UK; and Dr. Rudabeh Shahid, Atlantic Council, USA.
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