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SCSNEI organises a lecture by Raile Rocky Ziipao

SCSNEI organises a lecture by Raile Rocky Ziipao

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MONTHLY SEMINAR SERIES
 
SPECIAL CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF NORTH EAST INDIA 
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES – BUILDING I
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI


BEYOND UNHOLY TRINITY: 
NEXUS IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN MANIPUR

 

Raile Rocky Ziipao
Harvard University

 

Infrastructure has always been an act of power, which has at different times been leveraged at smoothening of relationships, (dis)connecting people, enabling trade, creating spaces of contestation, or diluting boundaries between varied ethnic groups.  The paper argues that the nexus in building infrastructure is not only limited to politicians-bureaucrats-contractors; rather it also includes insurgents, elites, and even civil society in the web of corruption of varied kinds. This paper posits that political life of infrastructure, the non-human agency enveloped in a shadow of ethnic contestation, insurgency, steeped in corruption and nexus reveals the contemporaneous development practices. The intersection of human and non-human often forms a nebulous space of uncertainty and ambiguity coupled with dubious nexus embedded with injustice. This opens up new avenue to unfold the spaces of injustice, as well as site for protest and negotiation. In nutshell, Manipur’s development resonates to a scapegoat syndrome. 

 

DATE: February 22, Friday, 2019

TIME: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

VENUE: Room no.324, 3rd Floor, SSS-I, JNU, New Delhi

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.