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The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)@sociologyaustralia.bsky.social · last wk.

Open access article by TASA member Dhiren Swain et al.: Basti mediators: Building narrative land histories and incremental archives to challenge state categories of land and resist eviction link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Basti mediators: Building narrative land histories and incremental archives to challenge state categories of land and resist eviction - Dialectical Anthropology

Building on the critical scholarship in urban studies about intermediaries, this paper explores the relationship between intermediaries and urban land struggles. Intermediaries as enablers of land tenure change contest land’s bureaucratic categories. They challenge the state categories of land through a narrative mode and in an archival mode. The narrative mode comprises oral-historical knowledge of the settling in of people in the Basti, creating occupancies and translating those oral narratives of land use change into paper documents. The archival mode constitutes the incremental archives sustained by intermediaries, including old record maps, accumulated historical written artefacts, and quotidian paper traces. The paper argues that these two modes co-produce knowledge categories and histories of these forgotten places, like Bastis. The oral narrative articulation by intermediaries helps the inhabitants effectively publicize historical land tenure change. The incremental archives complement and validate those claims through old paper archival artefacts. These processes, in effect, contest local bureaucratic categories to resist eviction and reinforce the tenure changes. The paper focuses on the often-overlooked tier-II cities within southern urban theories. The study also contributes to the research on intermediaries and urban-focused public policies.

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Melbourne Social Equity Institute@msei-unimelb.bsky.social · 2w ago

Drawing on a short survey conducted at the 2025 Social Enterprise Jobs Summit, our new report shares information about the key characteristics and differences of Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISE) in Australia. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/... #SocEnt #SocEntAu

Building a Taxonomy of Jobs-Focused Social Enterprise in Australia

A new insights report focuses on current pathways Work Integration Social Enterprise leaders use to grow employment outcomes for people experiencing barriers to work, the conditions that enable this s...

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Contemporary South Asia Journal@csajournal.bsky.social · 3w ago

*Currently trending in CSA* @jaffrelot.bsky.social's introduction to the BASAS 2024 Conference Special Section: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Introduction – new forms of anti-Muslim violence in India: Hindu Xenophobia in the post-instrumental Era

Violence between Hindus and Muslims in India has traditionally taken a single form – the riot. The interpretation of this phenomenon has changed over time. First, it was marked by ‘primordialism,’ ...

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Melbourne Social Equity Institute@msei-unimelb.bsky.social · last mo.

Reminder – the Call for Papers for the 2026 Anti-Racism Conference are open until the end of July.

Melbourne Social Equity Institute@msei-unimelb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🔊 Call for Papers: Anti-Racism Conference at the University of Melbourne, 12 November 2026 This event will bring together researchers, practitioners and policymakers who are undertaking work related to anti-racism. Abstracts are requested by 31 July. socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/events/...

Mohan Sharma@themohansharma.bsky.social · last mo.

Our new paper in Contemporary South Asia journal explores the spatial biography of the India-China borderscape and presents how biogeopolitics helps to control the sensitive border space. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Link for first 50 free e-print: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/P2BCK...

Everyday life in the prohibited areas: a case of Idu-Mishmi borderscape of the Eastern Himalaya

This paper presents a spatial biography of the Idu-Mishmi situated at the India–China borderscape. It explores how the traditionally managed ecosystem is getting transformed with the onset of newer...

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@asiancurrents.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Important Update for the ASAA Biennial Conference 2026! We have officially extended the registration deadline for the 26th ASAA Biennial Conference to 17 April 2026. Join us at Deakin University (Geelong Waterfront) from 29 June - 2 July 2026!

26th Biennial ASAA Conference 2026 - Asian Studies Association of Australia

26th Biennial ASAA Conference 2026 26th ASAA Biennial Conference 2026 The 26th ASAA Biennial Conference will be held from 29 June to 2 July 2026 at Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront. The theme…

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Contemporary South Asia Journal@csajournal.bsky.social · 5mo ago

*Episode 4 of the CSA Podcast is now available* We discuss Dr Dhaneswar Bhoi's study examining the daily social realities and emotive experiences faced by Dalit university students. Listen on all major streaming platforms! rss.com/podcasts/con...

Dr Dhaneswar Bhoi - Caste, mental health and self-harm: emotive experiences of Dalit students at the Indian University | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

We discuss Dhaneswar's study examining the daily social realities and emotive experiences faced by Dalit university students. The study analyses their mental and emotional suffering caused by the univ...

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SOAS Department of Anthropology and Sociology@soasanthro.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 Our own Nikita Kaur Simpson will be discussing her forthcoming book Tension in roundtable format next week. 📅 6.30 - 8pm, 19 March 📍 KLT, SOAS Main Building Not to be missed! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-previ...

Book Preview: Tension by Dr Nikita Simpson

In conversation with CAMHRA Global Professorial Fellows Professor Laura Bear, Professor Richard Rechtman and Professor Veena Das

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