Theory and Practice of Ethnography: Readings from the Periphery

Theory & Practice of Ethnography: Readings from the Periphery

Edited by: Eswarappa Kasi and Ramesh C. Malik (2009), 356 pages, Rs. 950

ISBN 81-316-0306-7

Theory and Practice of Ethnography is an anthology of research papers contributed by illustrious scholars both from India and abroad. It accentuates theoretical and empirical layout of the Ethnography, language, Literature, Culture, Rethinking History and Social Development. Ethnography is highly entertained in the search of the concept of the other, which is also elaborately discussed in the book. Its main emphasis is on the deprivation- economic, social. cultural and linguistic- among the marginalized groups of Indian society, such as women, tribals, and the downtrodden. Ethnography is both a process and a product; in this direction, the entire

exercise in this volume focuses on applying the different methodological tools of ethnography.

Wehope that students, researchers, teachers and policy makers working in the areas of anthropology, culture studies, sociology, public policy, history, literature, applied linguistics, folklore, development studies and general readers of social history will find this volume

quite interesting and useful.

Eswarappa Kasi is currently Guest Faculty at the Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. His interests include anthropology of livelihoods, tribal and marginal communities and their development. His New book 'Anthropology and Development in a Globalized India: An Ethnography of Sericulture from the South' CSP, UK, 2009.

He has edited/co-edited many books. He was a co-guest editor of a special issue of Man in India on 'Issues and Perspectives in Anthropology Today;

Ramesh C. Malik is a UGCSenior Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies (CAlTS), School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad, HydNabad. His research interests are translation studies, literary studies and ethnographic studies. Hehas published many papers in nationaljournals and co-edited two books.

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Dimensions of Social Exclusion: Ethnographic Explorations- New Book

Dimensions of Social Exclusion: Ethnographic Explorations
Editor: K.M. Ziyauddin and Eswarappa Kasi
Date Of Publication: Nov 2009
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-1342-6
Isbn: 1-4438-1342-7
Dimensions of Social Exclusion focuses largely on social exclusion in the context of communities and social groups who have or have not been considered in discussing the benefits of mainstream inclusive society or development. Contemporary understanding of social exclusion has revived great interest among academics, researchers and policy makers in understanding problems from the perspectives of social exclusion. The decision to adopt the perspective of social exclusion has not been universal; rather the nature of this is very heterogeneous. In addition, the concept of social exclusion is not static; in reality, it is a process. The process is seen in the marginalization and discrimination of people in their everyday lives and interactions.

The term ‘exclusion’ has become a part of the vocabulary in Europe and other developing societies like ‘poverty’ or ‘unemployment’; it is one of those words which seem to have both an everyday meaning and an underlying sense. It emphasizes the social aspects of concerns such as housing, health, employment, education, participation in social activities and festivities, social interaction and social intercourse. It excludes certain communities and groups from interaction and access to social resources through social arrangements, normative value systems and customs. Exclusion based on caste is one example and patriarchy is another, which is a form of systemic or constitutive exclusion. Having social, cultural, political and economic ramifications, it is also a complex and multi-dimensional concept. These dimensions are interwoven and are addressed in the different papers of the volume.

This book revolves around the societal interventions and institutions that exclude, discriminate, isolate and deprive some groups on the basis of group identities such as caste or ethnicity. It covers a wide spectrum of societies and communities living in various cultural environments. The multidisciplinary nature of the book will render it helpful to students and researchers of sociology, anthropology, historical and political studies, demography, social work and gender studies in particular and the humanities in general.

K. M. Ziyauddin is Assistant Professor-cum-Assistant Director at the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Hyderabad, India. Previously, he had been a faculty member in both the Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia and the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hamdard University, New Delhi. He has published on health and illness, scavengers and Dalits, issues of Muslims and child labour. He has worked on several national and international research projects on HIV/AIDS, child labour and education, workers in the unorganized and construction sectors, displacement and development, rural development and other issues. He is a life member of several bodies/societies including the Indian Sociological Society, International Journal of Research and Social Sciences, IASSH, SAMAR Foundation and the Society for Applied Economic Research. He has received several scholarships during his studies, which also included an ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship in 2006.

Eswarappa Kasi is a Guest Faculty Member in the Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is a life member of a number of professional bodies. His research interests include anthropology of livelihoods and natural resource management, tribal and marginal communities and their development. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. His books include a monograph entitled Anthropology and Development in a Globalised India: An Ethnography of Sericulture from the South (Cambridge Scholars Publishing (CSP), forthcoming) and an edited volume, Ethnographic Discourse of the Other: Conceptual and Methodological Issues with Panchanan Mohanty and Ramesh C. Malik (CSP, 2008). He was guest-editor of a special issue of Man in India on 'Issues and Perspectives in Anthropology Today' with R. Siva Prasad. He is also co-editor of Theory and Practice of Ethnography: Readings from the Periphery (Rawat Publications, Jaipur, in press) with Ramesh C. Malik and editor of Rethinking Development Discourse in the 21st Century India (Serials Publications, New Delhi, 2009).

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Anthropology and Development- New Book

Anthropology and Development in a Globalized India: An Ethnography of Sericulture from the South
Author: Eswarappa Kasi
Date Of Publication: Nov 2009
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-1345-7
Isbn: 1-4438-1345-1
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The book tries to portray sericulture, as a crop enterprise, and which is emerged as one of the foremost view in the theoretical and methodological understanding in the disciplines of Sociology and Social Anthropology in India. Thus, anthropological analysis of sericulture and its emergence in the development literature gives us an idea of the activity leads to further theoretical and critical studies. Anthropological understanding of the sericulture and its development, thus, is explained thoroughly as studied by the scholars of the different disciplines in across the states of India. Sericulture is best suited to a country like India where manpower and land resources are in surplus. It generates direct and indirect employment in various ways. More and more farmers in India have taken up sericulture activity and which was once confined to only five States, has spread to almost all the States of India. Sericulture also creates gainful employment to women and aged people at homes with minimum risk. Thus, the analysis clearly establishes the importance of sericulture over other crops in the generation of fresh employment opportunities in rural areas. Further, as a predominant sector of rural development, stability is the vital need of sericulture enterprise.

In the book, an attempt is made to understand the anthropological/sociological view of development. The book is interdisciplinary in nature and will be useful to scholars and students of Anthropology, Sociology, Economics, Social Work, Rural Development, Gender Studies and Development Studies.

Dr. Eswarappa Kasi was ICSSR Doctoral Fellow (2003-2005) and currently Guest Faculty in the Department of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India. He is a Life Member of a number of professional bodies. His interests include Anthropology of Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management, Tribal and Marginal Communities and their Development. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. His forthcoming edited book titled ‘Dimensions of Social Exclusion: Ethnographic Explorations’ jointly with KM Ziyauddin, CSP, UK. He is a guest- editor of a Special Issue of Man in India on 'Issues and Perspectives in Anthropology Today' jointly with R. Siva Prasad. He is also co-editor of Theory and Practice of Ethnography: Reading from the Periphery jointly with Ramesh C. Malik (Rawat Publications, Jaipur, 2009). He is also the editor of Rethinking Development Discourse in the 21st Century India (Serials Publications, New Delhi, 2009).

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