5th NRAS Annual Conference: ‘Agrarian Transition’ and Rural-Urban Linkages in India in the Twenty-first Century Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies Bhubaneshwar, India, October 27-30, 2017 |
Conference website | http://ruralagrarianstudies.org/ |
Abstract registration deadline | May 31, 2017 |
Submission deadline | May 31, 2017 |
The proposed conference on the theme ‘Agrarian Transition’ and Rural-Urban Linkages in India in the Twenty-first Century seeks to invite papers and deliberate on the multiple sets of linkages between the rural and the urban, and explore the multiple strands of ‘rural-agrarian transformation’ that this entails. This is the fifth national conference of the Network of Rural and Agrarian Studies (NRAS) that was started in 2010 with the twin goals of promoting research on rural and agrarian issues in India and providing pedagogical support for teachers and researchers on these topics. The NRAS holds these conferences in non-metros to enable scholars from rural and peri-urban regions in India to participate. After holding earlier workshops at Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), and Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), this national conference is to be held at Bhubaneswar (Orissa). The Nabakrushna Choudhury Institute for Social Sciences has very kindly consented to host the conference.
Submission Guidelines
Authors are expected to submit an abstract or summary of their paper (800-1000 words). Abstracts should clearly mention objectives and methodology used for research. Do mention, if it is an ongoing research project or dissertation work. The final paper should be maximum 5000 words with Harvard manual of referencing.
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Following are the sub-themes of the conference:
List of Themes
a) Nature of Rural-Urban Linkage in India: Theoretical and Conceptual Engagements
b) The new rural society: Marginalization, Exclusion and Inclusions
c) Understanding ‘Rural’ Labour: Movement, Mobility, and Diversity
d) Financing the Farm: Debt, Informalisation and Vulnerability
e) New Market Arrangements: Sourcing Inputs, Responding to Demand
f) Transforming Land: Fragmentation, Consolidation and Commodification
g) Politics of the 'Rurban': Political Elite, Processes and Political Mobilization
Program Committee
M. Vijayabaskar, Associate Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai
Richa Kumar, Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Delhi
Sudhir Kumar Suthar, Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Studies, JNU, New Delhi
Organizing committee
Venue
Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
Contact
sudhir131@gmail.com, richa@hss.iitd.ac.in