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    Philosophical discipline for strengthening justice and solidarity through social innovation

Philosophical discipline for strengthening justice and solidarity through social innovation

In response to the COVID-19 crisis and rising injustices, LSE Alum, Vrinda Chopra proposes a lateral concept of social innovation through an approach based on ideas of unlearning, relearning and shared learning to deepen justice and solidarity in our development paradigms.

The moral dilemmas involved in the plight marginalized population groups as countries went into lockdown in response to COVID-19 ignited […]

July 3rd, 2020|Covid-19, Featured|0 Comments|
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    “Stop the Etalin Hydropower Dam in Arunachal Pradesh and centre the demands of the community”

“Stop the Etalin Hydropower Dam in Arunachal Pradesh and centre the demands of the community”

The Etalin Hydropower Dam is a massive infrastructural project proposed in the North-East Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh, that has been reopened for consideration by the government. The Idu Mishmi community has been protesting the massive dispossession the project will bring, facing violence from the government and a lack of solidarity from some conservation institutions. MSc Environment and Development candidate, […]

June 3rd, 2020|Climate Emergency, Featured|0 Comments|
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    Zooming In With: Dr Sohini Kar | Economic Anthropology, microfinance in India and Covid-19

Zooming In With: Dr Sohini Kar | Economic Anthropology, microfinance in India and Covid-19

Professor in Practice, Duncan Green Zooms In with department scholars to find out what they’re up to in lockdown and how their research relates to the Covid-19 pandemic. The third Zooming In episode is with Economic Anthropologist and Assistant Professor in International Development, Dr Sohini Kar, who tells us how Economic Anthropology helped her understand how microfinance institutions capitalise on the poor in […]

May 29th, 2020|Covid-19, Featured, Podcasts, Topical and Comment|0 Comments|
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Covid-19: The end of megacities as we know them?

Kapil Kanungo and Kruti Munot provide an insight on what impact Covid-19 might have on the economies of megacities by using Mumbai as an example. 

From Rome to Pataliputra, cities have been engines for economic growth since the beginning of civilisation. However, over the last couple of centuries, we’ve seen the emergence of a new beast – the megacity. Megacities have […]

May 19th, 2020|Covid-19, Featured, Topical and Comment|1 Comment|
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    The potential of India’s Village Health Committees in containing the spread of diseases

The potential of India’s Village Health Committees in containing the spread of diseases

Drawing on her research in rural Karnataka, south India, Shirin Madon discusses the importance of Village Health Committees in taking village-level measures and interventions to contain the diffusion of diseases.

In recent years, many developing countries such as India, Tanzania and Bangladesh have introduced village health committees as part of efforts to improve the functioning and effectiveness of health systems. […]

May 15th, 2020|Covid-19, Featured, Fieldwork and Travel, Topical and Comment|0 Comments|
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    Voices of Informality: the story of a migrant construction worker from Bengal

Voices of Informality: the story of a migrant construction worker from Bengal

This three part weekly series by Harshita Sinha brings forth the narratives and voices from the invisible workers in the Indian Informal Economy during the Covid-19 lock down. In the third and final part of the series we look at the story of Rahil* a migrant construction worker from Bengal. 

“Ghar Jane do bus” (Just let us go home)

Rahil, 22, a migrant […]

May 11th, 2020|Covid-19, Featured, Fieldwork and Travel, Topical and Comment|0 Comments|
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    Voices of Informality: the story of a mason and domestic helper

Voices of Informality: the story of a mason and domestic helper

This three part weekly series by Harshita Sinha brings forth the narratives and voices from the invisible workers in the Indian Informal Economy during the Covid-19 lock down. In the second of this series we look at the story of Raju*, a mason, and his wife Jai Devi*, a domestic helper. 

The Indian informal economy accounts for roughly 90% of India’s total workforce, with […]

May 5th, 2020|Covid-19, Featured, Fieldwork and Travel|0 Comments|
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    Voices of Informality: the story of a seamstress and rickshaw puller

Voices of Informality: the story of a seamstress and rickshaw puller

This three part weekly series by Harshita Sinha brings forth the narratives and voices from the invisible workers in the Indian Informal Economy during the Covid-19 lock down. In the first of this series we look at the story of Asha*, a seamstress, and her husband a rickshaw puller. 

The Indian informal economy accounts for roughly 90% of India’s total workforce, […]

April 29th, 2020|Covid-19, Department Alumni|2 Comments|
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    Falling Through the Gap: migrant workers in the Indian Informal economy

Falling Through the Gap: migrant workers in the Indian Informal economy

PhD candidate in International Development, Harshita Sinha looks at the impact of the Covid-19 related lockdown on internal migrant workers in India.

COVID-19 is swiftly changing every aspect of our lives which we otherwise considered sacrosanct. Today, irrespective of where you are on the caste and class hierarchy in India, you are impacted by the lockdown which this reality posits. However, while […]

April 20th, 2020|Covid-19, Featured, Topical and Comment|1 Comment|
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    Learning From Home in Times of Covid-19 Lockdown: opening up possibilities or baring inequalities?

Learning From Home in Times of Covid-19 Lockdown: opening up possibilities or baring inequalities?

Anushna Jha uses Bihar, India, as an example to understand the challenges posed by technology-enabled education as countries look to continue the teaching and learning process in times of emergency. 

Schools in about 188 countries are currently shut owing to the global Covid-19 pandemic. There is discussion around how to continue the teaching-learning process in these times of emergency. Many […]

April 8th, 2020|Covid-19, Department Alumni, Featured, Topical and Comment|2 Comments|
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