Ethnography and Social Identities Workshop August 30th to 31st, 2012 Venue: TISS, Mumbai --DAY 1-Session 1 10.00 to 11.00 am Ethnography, social identities and development Resource persons: Hugo Gorringe Suryakant Waghmore 11.00 – 11.15 am Tea break Session 2 11.15 am to 12.15 pm Research Questions and Research Design Resource persons: Bipin Jojo and Roger Jeffery 12.15 – 1.15 pm Field work and writing field notes Resource persons: Abdul Shaban and Jeevan Sharma 1.15 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch Session 3 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Participant Presentations Note: The format of the workshop involves each participant reading and presenting the paper/proposal of another participant. Each presenter would be given 10 mins to present followed by 10 mins for the discussants to comment on the papers. Each presentation will have 5-10 mins for an open discussion and comments from the participants. Papers An ethnographic study of the institution of Devdasi in Northern Karnataka Divya K Television and socio cultural identity: An ethnographic study in Orissa Pranta Patnaik Bangladeshi women prisoners in Kolkata prisons Rimple Mehta Masanjogis of Shevgaon, Maharashtra Presenters Rimple Mehta Discussants Roger Jeffery Suryakant Waghmore Goldy George Bipin Jojo Jeevan Sharma Qudsiya Contractor Jeevan Sharma Abdul Shaban Divya K. Bipin Jojo and Roger Jeffery Ashok Ohol 4.00 to 4.15 pm Tea 4.15 to 6.15 pm Participant presentations (continued) Papers Religion and the politics of space through an ethnography of a ‘muslim’ slum in Mumbai Qudsiya Contractor Slum housing movements in Mumbai Kishor Birdikar Presenters Preeti Rani Discussants Abdul Shaban and Hugo Gorringe Ashok Ahol Abdul Shaban and Jeevan Sharma The Duma among Gandas of Odisha Goldy George Status of Muslims in a locality in Delhi Pranta Patnaik Roger Jeffrey and Bipin Jojo Kishor Birdikar Hugo Gorringe and Abdul Shaban Preeti Rani --DAY 2-- Session 1 10.00 to 11.00 am Multi-sited ethnography Resource persons: Jeevan Sharma and Suryakant Waghmore 11.00 to 11.15 am Tea break Session 2 11.15 pm to 1.15 pm Papers Indigenous knowledge systems specifically kalariyappattu and vishavaidyam Participant presentations Presenters Rabiraj Discussants Hugo Gorringe and Sunil DS Shahul Amin Roger Jeffery and Bipin Jojo Swarnamala Maske Roger Jeffery and Abdul Shaban Girija K.P Suryakant Waghmore and Hugo Gorringe Girija K.P Status of Lohra tribes of Bihar Rabiraj Muslim women and higher education Zinat Aboli’s paper – Religious identity, civil society and the state: A study of the youth wing of Jamat-e-islami Hind, Kerala Shahul Amin 1.15 pm to 2.15 pm Lunch 2.15 pm to 3.15 pm Participant presentations (continued) Papers NGOs, micro-credit and empowerment of dalit women Baburao Jadhav Thoughts on untouchability in Dinmitra newspaper Swarnamala Maske 3.15 pm to 3.30 pm Presenters Zinat Aboli Discussants Jeevan Sharma and Suryakant Waghmore Baburao Jadhav Hugo Gorringe and Suryakant Waghmore Tea break Session 3 3.30 to 4.30 pm Self and reflexivity Resource person: Hugo Gorringe Session 4 4.30 to 5.30 pm Conclusion and Feedback ------x0x------