South Asia Seminar Series
Abstracts

The Cultural Politics of Disadvantaged Castes in India
Assa Doron (Workshop Organizer)

A workshop supported by the Australian Research Council (APFRN South Asia Node), the College of Asia & the Pacific, and the College of Art & Social Sciences, The Australian National University.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together scholars studying old and new patterns of social, economic and political domination and empowerment in India. The participants will examine how low caste communities, such as ex-untouchable groups (dalits) and other underprivileged sections of society, encounter and experience caste, class and gender prejudice, the discourse and practice of development; law and order, media and education. The workshop aims to provide a platform for multidisciplinary discussion on the relationship between culture, community, livelihood, the nation-state and the struggles of disadvantaged castes in contemporary Indian society.