Work, Identity and Livelihood in ‘New’ Nepal : Conversations within South Asia
South Asian University, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
Thursday 18 July 2019
9.30am : WELCOME AND REMARKS FROM THE ORGANIZER(S)
Mallika Shakya, Department of Sociology, SAU
10.00–11.15am : CHANGING STRUCTURE(S) OF LABOUR
Changing aspects of work and organization in the Eastern Himalayan tea plantations
Swatahsiddha Sarkar, Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal
Haruwa, the unfree agricultural labourer : Work contract and condition
Suresh Dhakal, Department of Anthropology, Tribhuvan University
DISCUSSANT : AWADHENDRA SARAN, CSDS
11.30–12.45pm : MIGRATING TRADERS AND WORKERS
Social and economic lives of Indian Muslim immigrants in Kathmandu
Mizuki Watanabe, Faculty of Economics, Department of Tourism Management, Teikyo University
Locating mobility : A historical reappraisal with reference to Northeast India, Burma and Tibet
Gaurab KC, KSL and Pranab Kharel, GEMS Institute of Higher Education, Kathmandu
DISCUSSANT : ANKUR DATTA, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, SAU
1.30 – 2.45pm : CASTE AND LABOUR
Differential access to labour market by caste and ethnicity in Nepal
Subhash Nepali, Dalit Reader, Kathmandu
The value of labour migration : A case of Madhesi Dalits from Nepal
Janak Raj Sapkota, Kantipur Daily and CP Aryal, SAU, Delhi
DISCUSSANT : UMA CHAKRAVARTI, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
2.45 – 4.00pm : MOBILITY AND INDENTURE
Father-son occupational mobility in the rural context of Nepal
Badri Aryal, School of Development and Social Engineering, Pokhara University
Indentured subjugation of Kamlari women in Nepal : Past and the present
Sarita Nandmehar, School of International Studies, JNU
DISCUSSANT : DIVYA VAID, CENTRE OF STUDY OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS (CSSS), JNU
4.15 – 6.00pm : BOOK DISCUSSION
Mallika Shakya. Death of an Industry : The Cultural Politics of Garment Manufacturing during the Maoist Revolution in Nepal (Cambridge University Press : NY/Cambridge/Delhi/Singapore)
Laya Prasad Uprety, Suresh Dhakal and Jagat Basnet (eds). Peasant Studies in Nepal (Vajra Books Inc : Kathmandu)
DISCUSSANTS : CHITRA JOSHI, DELHI UNIVERSITY ; SURINDER JODHKA, JNU ; MEKHALA KRISHNAMURTHY, ASHOKA UNIVERSITY
Friday 19 July 2019
9.30am – 10.45am : WOMEN AT WORK
Making matter speak : Women combatants and post-war work cultures in Nepal
Amrita Gogoi, Dibrugarh University, Assam
Women construction workers in Nepal : Negotiating precarity and agency
Sambriddhi Kharel and Swechchha Dahal (with Kalpana Wilson and Feyzi Ismail), SOAS
DISCUSSANT : ELLINA SAMANTROY, V.V. GIRI NATIONAL LABOUR INSTITUTE
11.00 – 1pm : VISUAL ETHNOGRAPHY ON BORDER AND WORK
Wheels of livelihoods or practice of smuggling : A photo essay
Usha Titikshu, Martin Chautari, Kathmandu
Film Screening : Bidesia in Bambai (86 min)
Surabhi Sharma, Director
DISCUSSANT : MALLIKA SHAKYA, DEPT OF SOCIOLOGY, SAU
2.00 – 3.15pm : WORK ON THE BORDER
Assessing livelihood of rickshawalas in Nepal-India borders
Gaurav Bhattarai, Dept of IR and Diplomacy, FSS, Tribhuvan University
Class, culture and community : Labour history in the borderland
Bhaskar Gautam, North South Collective, Biratnagar
DISCUSSANT : SWAGATO SARKAR, JINDAL GLOBAL UNIVERSITY
3.30 – 4.15pm : WORK AND DEVELOPMENT
Decent work agenda and sustainable development goals : Reflections
Jeevan Baniya, Social Science Baha, Kathmandu
Writing as an activism : Barefoot Research Initiative in Nepal
Sohan Sha, Martin Chautari, Kathmandu
DISCUSSANT : PRAVEEN PRIYADARSHI, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
4.15 – 5.30pm : GOING FORWARD
Panelists :
Prabhu Mahapatra, Department of History, University of Delhi
Anindya Chatterjee, international Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Feyzi Ismail, Department of Development Studies, SOAS
CHAIR : YOGESH RAJ, MARTIN CHAUTARI, KATHMANDU
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