Posts tagged Identity
We Inter Are: Identity Politics & #MeToo

To argue that one’s location in the social structure shapes one’s perception and experience is not to suggest that this relationship is self-evident. The question of how it should be understood is a matter of intense debate; not just across positionings in the social structure (gender, race, class or sexuality, in India caste) but within them also.

Read More
Critical Essay: (In)sensitive Violence, Development, and the Smell of the Soil: Strategic Decision-making of What?

‘Powerful actors such as multinational corporations (MNCs), mainstream non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and western aid agencies expend considerable efforts to dominate marginalized groups such as powerless communities and labor forces. It is not always easy to point out exactly which powerful actors did what to result in violence such as injury and killing. Because of this limited traceability of actions, certain consequences of such violence remain invisible for a long period of time.

Read More