Saturday, December 3, 2022

Day 8: The Cost of Work: A Research Symposium

 

On December 2, 2022, Radheshyam Jadhav, journalist and Rajaram Research Fellow, presented his ongoing research project on the web of gender-based violence within which women sugarcane cutters in Maharashtra seek and carry out their work. The point of departure for his work has been forced hysterectomies but his research places that in the broader context of structural patriarchal violence and regional economies. 

Dr. Gayatri Menon, Azim Premji University; Dr. Meena Gopal, TISS Mumbai and Dr. Mekhala Krishnamurthy, Ashoka University and Centre for Policy Research served as discussants. In their comments, they made substantive suggestions about theoretical perspectives that might be relevant, about intersectional concerns that may be made more explicit, about highlighting agency and solidarity as well as alternative ways of organising the final work. 

A small group attended but it was a deeply engaged discussion and as thoughtful as the original presentation.  




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