Winter School Applications 2014
Name
1.
Ms. Alimpana Goswami
alimpanagoswami18@gmail.com
2.
Mr. Ankur Tamuli Phukan
ankurtamuli@gmail.com
3.
Mr. Baban Bayan
babanbayan@gmail.com
Institution
Tata
Institute of
Social
Sciences
(TISS),
Guwahati
Centre for
Study of
Social
Sciences
(CSSS),
Calcutta
IIT
Guwahati
TISS,
Guwahati
Research
Topic/Discipline
Negotiating Identity
Through Ritual:
Consensus and
Contestations among
the Rabha (Social
Sciences)
The Making of a
National Festival:
Bihu in Colonial and
Postcolonial Assam
Abstract of workin-progress
Contested
Archived Identity:
The Rabha
Experience
Discussant
How Not to do
Caste: Assamese
Nationalism and
performing the
idea of “non
Caste”
(History)
Prof. Rowena Robinson
Indian Institute of Technology
(rw@hss.iitb.ac.in)
Dairy productivity
and Cross-breeding
Technology
Adoption in Assam:
Issues and
Determinants (Social
Sciences/Economics)
Family,
education,youth,
delinquency,
Sikkim, and Social
Structure
Crossbreeding
Technology and
Dynamics of
Dairy Production
and Bovine
Population
Dr. Subhadeepta Ray
Tezpur University
(sray@tezu.ernet.in)
(subhadeepta@gmail.com)
Family, School,
and Community
Structure and its
influence on
juvenile deviant
behavior and
delinquency in
Sikkim
Nature and Trend
of Centre-State
Devolution In
Assam
Women,
Panchayati Raj
Institutions and
the Question of
Inequality
Prof. Virginius Xaxa
Tata Institute of Social Sciences,
Guwahati
(virginius.xaxa@tiss.edu)
Food Matrixes:
Production and
Consumption in
India and Sikkim
Prof. Kalyan Das
Omeo Kumar Das Institute of
Social Change and Development,
Guwahati
(kalyanaugust@yahoo.com)
4.
Ms. Barbara Lama
(Pre-field)
barbaralamaju@gmail.com
5.
Ms. Bandana Chowdhury
(Pre-field)
bandanachowdhury@gmail.com
IIT
Guwahati
Fiscal Federalism in
Assam (Social
Sciences/Economics)
6.
Mr. Bhaskar Kakati
bhaskarmorigaon@gmail.com
TISS
Guwahati
Empowerment and
Social
Transformation: A
Comparative Study
of Tiwa Women in
Morigaon, Assam
(Social sciences)
7.
Mr. Bitu Subba
bitusubba86@gmail.com
Sikkim
University
Food security and
management
inSikkim: Role of
PDS and MNREGA
(Peace and Conflict
Studies and
Management)
Dr. Arkotong Longkumer
Edinburgh University
(arkotong@gmail.com)
(A.Longkumer@ed.ac.uk)
Prof. Matthew Snipp
Stanford University
(snipp@stanford.edu)
Prof. Kalpana Sarathy
Tata Institute of Social Science,
Guwahati
(kalpana.sarathy@tiss.edu)
8.
Mr. Denjil Basumatary
denjilbasumatary@gmail.com
TISS
Guwahati
Migration of Rural
Youth and
Employment in
India: A study in
Bodoland Territorial
Council (BTC)
Assam (Social
sciences)
9.
Mr. Dhanmoni Kalita
dhanmoni.kalita007@gmail.com
Gauhati
University
Peasant Movement
in Assam (History)
10. Ms. Diksha Gupta
diksha.gupta@gmail.com
South
Asian
University
North-East Women
as the “Other” in
Post-Independence
India (Sociology)
11. Ms. Jinty Rajkhowa
jinty_rajkhowa@yahoo.in
Tezpur
University
Religious
Conversion Among
the Mising
Community in
Majuli Island
(Sociology)
12. Mr. Jagmohan Boro
bjagm01@gmail.com
North
Eastern
Hill
University
Ethnic Politics and
the Assertion of the
Rabhas in Assam
(Political Science)
13. Ms. Lallianpuii
(Pre-field)
lianitlau@gmail.com
TISS
Guwahati
14. Ms. Minakshi Bujarbaruah
minakshibbaruah@gmail.com
TISS
Guwahati
15. Mr. Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman
Mirzalibra10@gmail.com
IIT
Guwahati
The Journey of Mizo
Media and Its
Present-day
landscapes (Social
sciences, media
studies)
Reproductive Choice
and Being Childfree:
Women’s Narratives
in the Changing
Landscape of
Guwahati City
Waters of Conflict or
Waters of
Cooperation?:
Geopolitics of SinoIndian transboundary
water management
in the
Determinants of
migration from
Rural BTC areas
of Assam into
Urban areas in two
selected
destinations;
Guwahati and
Bangalore
East Bengal
Peasants and
Construction of
Assamese
Peasantry:
Colonial
Discourse
Political
participation of
Naga and Meitei
women in their
community
An ethnographic
account of
conversion among
the Mising in
LakhimiBorpamua
(Majuli)
Emergence and
formation of
ethnic identity
consciousness
formation among
the Rabhas
Evolution of the
Mizo media
landscape
Prof. Bengt Karlsson
Stockholm University
(bengt.karlsson@socant.su.se)
Rethinking the
family: Women in
the Changing
Cityscape
Dr. Duncan McDuie-Ra
University of New South Wales,
Sydney
(d.mcduie@unsw.edu.au)
Transboundary
water issues in
International
Relations (with
reference to
Brahmaputra)
Prof. Monirul Hussain,
GauhatiUniverity
(guwahatimonirul@gmail.com)
Dr. Arupjyoti Saikia
Indian Institute of Technology,
Guwahati
(arupjyotisaikia@gmail.com)
Prof. Chandan Sarma
Tezpur University
(chandan@tezu.ernet.in)
(kumarsharma.chandan@gmail.com
Dr. Arkotong Longkumer
Edinburgh University
(arkotong@gmail.com)
(A.Longkumer@ed.ac.uk)
Prof. Bengt Karlsson
Stockholm University
(bengt.karlsson@socant.su.se)
Dr. Duncan McDuieRa
University of New South Wales,
Sydney
(d.mcduie@unsw.edu.au)
YarlungTsangpo and
the Brahmaputra
(Social sciences)
16. Mr. Mhonthung Yanthan
mhonthung10@gmail.com
North
Eastern
Hill
University/
St.
Joseph’s
College,
Jakhama
TISS,
Mumbai
Political Attitudes
and Political
Participation of
Students in Higher
Educational
Institutions in
Nagaland
Socio-political
influences on
Naga Students
Dr. R.K Debbarma
Tata Institute of Social Science,
Guwahati
(r.debbarma@tiss.edu)
Ethnicity, Media,
Politics,
Nationalism,
Bodoland,
Ideology,
Continuity, and
Shifting Positions:
An Enquiry into
Bodo Movement
and Media
Discourse
Prof. Thomas Blom Hansen
Stanford University
(tbhansen@stanford.edu)
18. Mr. Pinku Muktiar
pinkumuktiar99@gmail.com
Tezpur
University
Rural Out-migration
of Nepali People in
Assam: A Case
Study of Sonitpur
District (Sociology)
Teliagaon, an
ethnographic
profile
Dr. Sanjay (Xonzoi) Barbora
Tata Institute of Social Science,
Guwahati
(sanjay.barbora@tiss.edu)
(xonzoi.barbora@gmail.com)
19. Mr. Pintu Roy
roypin22@gmail.com
Gauhati
University
Bengal Peasantry,
National Politics and
India’s Partition
(History)
Locating Bengal
Peasantry in
Partition
Historiography
Dr. Arupjyoti Saikia
Indian Institute of Technology,
Guwahati
(arupjyotisaikia@gmail.com)
20. Ms. Prarthana Barua
prarthanabarua33@gmail.com
Tezpur
University
Social Organisation
of Small Tea
Plantation in Assam
A case study in
Sonitpur District
(Sociology)
Small Tea
Plantation in
Assam and its
impact on rural
economy and
Society
Prof. Virginius Xaxa
Tata Institute of Social Science,
Guwahati
(virginius.xaxa@tiss.edu)
21. Ms. Prarthana Saikia
(Pre-field)
s.prarthana@iitg.ernet.in
IIT
Guwahati
The Turbulent
1980s: Writing an
Ethno History of
Assam (Social
sciences,
anthropology,
history)
Writing Ethnohistory:
Methodological
Issues and
Concerns
Dr. Yengkhom Jilangamba
Tata Institute of Social Science,
Guwahati
(yengkhom@gmail.com)
(yengkhom.jilangamba@tiss.edu)
22. Ms. Ratna Tayeng
ratnatayeng991@gmail.com
Rajiv
Gandhi
University,
Itanagar
Living on the edge:
An anthropological
study of the Mising
Community of
Assam-Arunachal
Borders
(Anthropology)
Fractured
communities
along the AssamArunachal
Borderlands
Dr. Dolly Kikon
Stockholm University
(dollykikon@gmail.com)
17. Mr. Monjib Mochahari
monjib2010@gmail.com
23. Mr. Redian Narzary
narzaryredian@gmail.com
Gauhati
University
The
BodoSahityaSabha,
A study on its
contribution to the
Bodo society
(History)
Mizo National
Question: A Study
on the Mizo National
Front (MNF)
movement (Social
sciences)
BodoSahityaSabha
and Bodo
Literature
Dr. Uddipan Dutta
Omeo Kumar Das Institute of
Social Change and Development,
Guwahati
(uddipandutta@gmail.com)
24. Mr. Roluahpuia
roluahpuia90@gmail.com
TISS,
Guwahati
Nationalist
movement in
Northeast India:
Revisiting Mizo
national
movement
Dr. Abraham Lotha
St. Joseph College, Jakhama
(alotha@gmail.com)
25. Ms. Sebanti Chatterjee
sebanti@gmail.com
Delhi
University
Western Classical
Music in Goa and
Shillong: Exploring
the Indigenous
(Sociology)
Making of a
Choral Repertoire
in Shillong: intermediation at play
Dr. Abraham Lotha
St. Joseph College, Jakhama
(alotha@gmail.com)
26. Ms. Trishna Gogoi
(Pre-field)
idtrishna@gmail.com
TISS,
Guwahati
Politics of Land: An
enquiry into urban
land governance in
Guwahati (Social
sciences, urban
geography)
Discourse on
urban land
governance and
emerging issues
Prof. Thomas Blom Hansen
Stanford University
(tbhansen@stanford.edu)
27. Ms. Watilula Longkumer
watilkr44@gmail.com
IIT, Indore
Remembering
History through
Narrative: Select
texts of
North East Indian
Women Writers
(Social sciences,
English literature)
Breaking Borders:
Towards an
exploration of
North East Indian
Literature
Prof. Nandana Dutta
Gauhati University
(nandanadutta12@gmail.com)