Professor and Director, Centre for African Studies, University of Mumbai. Address: Centre for African Studies
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University of Mumbai
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The First Development-Caused Displacements in India: The Forgotten People of Bhakra Nangal-Mantha... more The First Development-Caused Displacements in India: The Forgotten People of Bhakra Nangal-Manthan Adhyayan Kendra Reconstructing Livelihoods? Observations from Resettlement Sites in Gujarat-Renu Modi Eminent Domain, Displacement and ...
Common Threads explores the ties that bind India and Africa through the material medium of cloth,... more Common Threads explores the ties that bind India and Africa through the material medium of cloth, from antiquity to the present. Cloth made in India has been sold across African markets for millennia, by Indian, African, and European traders. The history of this trade offers perspectives into the rich stories of bi-directorial migrations of peoples, across the Indian Ocean, the exchange of visual aesthetics, and the co-production of cultures in the two geographies. Common Threads uses photographs to tell the story of the creation of these textiles in India, which today is concentrated in the small town of Jetpur in the Rajkot district of Gujarat. It sheds light on the artists and the agencies in India that are involved in the design, production, and logistics of this enterprise. Most significantly, it highlights the role of African consumers in defining the evolution of these genres of fabric, and the centrality of people-to-people connections in sustaining the continued cosmopolitanism of these transoceanic connectivitiesWetensch. publicati
... Seema Shekhawat holds a doctoral degree in Political Science from the University of Jammu, In... more ... Seema Shekhawat holds a doctoral degree in Political Science from the University of Jammu, India. ... Earlier Dr. Shekhawat was associated with University of Jammu and was the sub-editor of Across LOC newsletter. ... widening the gulf between the rich and the poor. ...
The First Development-Caused Displacements in India: The Forgotten People of Bhakra Nangal-Mantha... more The First Development-Caused Displacements in India: The Forgotten People of Bhakra Nangal-Manthan Adhyayan Kendra Reconstructing Livelihoods? Observations from Resettlement Sites in Gujarat-Renu Modi Eminent Domain, Displacement and ...
Common Threads explores the ties that bind India and Africa through the material medium of cloth,... more Common Threads explores the ties that bind India and Africa through the material medium of cloth, from antiquity to the present. Cloth made in India has been sold across African markets for millennia, by Indian, African, and European traders. The history of this trade offers perspectives into the rich stories of bi-directorial migrations of peoples, across the Indian Ocean, the exchange of visual aesthetics, and the co-production of cultures in the two geographies. Common Threads uses photographs to tell the story of the creation of these textiles in India, which today is concentrated in the small town of Jetpur in the Rajkot district of Gujarat. It sheds light on the artists and the agencies in India that are involved in the design, production, and logistics of this enterprise. Most significantly, it highlights the role of African consumers in defining the evolution of these genres of fabric, and the centrality of people-to-people connections in sustaining the continued cosmopolitanism of these transoceanic connectivitiesWetensch. publicati
... Seema Shekhawat holds a doctoral degree in Political Science from the University of Jammu, In... more ... Seema Shekhawat holds a doctoral degree in Political Science from the University of Jammu, India. ... Earlier Dr. Shekhawat was associated with University of Jammu and was the sub-editor of Across LOC newsletter. ... widening the gulf between the rich and the poor. ...
Published 35 years after Palgrave Macmillan’s landmark International Political Economy (IPE) seri... more Published 35 years after Palgrave Macmillan’s landmark International Political Economy (IPE) series was first founded, this Handbook captures the state of the art of contemporary IPE. It draws on the series’ history of focussing on the oft-neglected study of the global South.
Providing interdisciplinary perspectives from scholars hailing from the global North and South, the Handbook illustrates the theoretical innovations and empirical richness necessary to explain today’s ever-changing world. This is a world in which the global South and North are not only being transformed by the end of bipolarity and the rise of the BRICS, but also by diverse global crises and growing cross-border challenges. It is a world where human development, governance and security are becoming ever more elusive, where, profoundly altered by the rise of new technologies, the structure of relations between nations itself is changing, becoming increasingly interconnected, both digitally and physically.
Understanding these issues is of critical importance to better understand and comprehend current and future global transformations. This Handbook is the ideal primer for all scholars, practitioners and policy makers looking to do so.
Trade connections and cultural exchange between Africa and the rest of the global South have exis... more Trade connections and cultural exchange between Africa and the rest of the global South have existed for centuries. Since the end of the Cold War, these connections have expanded and diversified dramatically, with emerging economies such as China, India, and Brazil becoming increasingly important both as sources of trade and as a destination for African migrants. But while these trends have attracted growing scholarly attention, there has so far been little appreciation of the sheer breadth and variety of this exchange, or of its deeper social impact.
This collection brings together a wide array of scholarly perspectives to explore the movement of people, commodities, and ideas between Africa and the wider global South, with rich empirical case studies ranging from Senegalese migrants in Argentina to collaborations between Bollywood and the Nigerian film industry. The contributors argue that this exchange represents a form of ‘globalization from below’ which defies many of the prevailing Western assumptions about migration and development, and which can only be understood if we consider the full range and complexity of migrant experiences.
Multidisciplinary in scope, Mobility between Africa, Asia and Latin America is essential reading for students and scholars across the social sciences interested in the interconnected economic and social make-up of the global South.
Global Africa is a striking, original volume that disrupts dominant narratives that continue to f... more Global Africa is a striking, original volume that disrupts dominant narratives that continue to frame our discussion of Africa, complicating conventional views of the region as a place of violence, despair, and victimhood. The volume documents the significant global connections, circulations, and contributions that African people, ideas, and goods have made throughout the world, from the United States, South Asia, Latin America, Europe, and elsewhere. Through succinct and engaging pieces by scholars, policy makers, activists, and journalists, the essays provide a wholly original view of a continent at the center of global historical processes rather than on its periphery. Global Africa offers fresh, complex, and insightful visions of a continent in flux.
The views expressed in this document are from statements made at the event. Every effort has be... more The views expressed in this document are from statements made at the event. Every effort has been made to represent the views of the speakers accurately. The published text of speeches and presentations may differ from delivery.
‘Common Threads’ explores the ties that bind India and Africa through the material medium of clot... more ‘Common Threads’ explores the ties that bind India and Africa through the material medium of cloth. Today’s vibrant but lesser-known trade in beautiful printed fabrics bears witness to a long-standing engagement between India and the continent, and the cosmopolitanism of these Indian Ocean connections. More significantly, it showcases the importance of people-to-people linkages in forging partnerships against the backdrop of the emerging meta-narratives about historical and contemporary transoceanic linkages between India and Africa.
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Providing interdisciplinary perspectives from scholars hailing from the global North and South, the Handbook illustrates the theoretical innovations and empirical richness necessary to explain today’s ever-changing world. This is a world in which the global South and North are not only being transformed by the end of bipolarity and the rise of the BRICS, but also by diverse global crises and growing cross-border challenges. It is a world where human development, governance and security are becoming ever more elusive, where, profoundly altered by the rise of new technologies, the structure of relations between nations itself is changing, becoming increasingly interconnected, both digitally and physically.
Understanding these issues is of critical importance to better understand and comprehend current and future global transformations. This Handbook is the ideal primer for all scholars, practitioners and policy makers looking to do so.
This collection brings together a wide array of scholarly perspectives to explore the movement of people, commodities, and ideas between Africa and the wider global South, with rich empirical case studies ranging from Senegalese migrants in Argentina to collaborations between Bollywood and the Nigerian film industry. The contributors argue that this exchange represents a form of ‘globalization from below’ which defies many of the prevailing Western assumptions about migration and development, and which can only be understood if we consider the full range and complexity of migrant experiences.
Multidisciplinary in scope, Mobility between Africa, Asia and Latin America is essential reading for students and scholars across the social sciences interested in the interconnected economic and social make-up of the global South.