Abstract
This book depicts a narrative of urban settlement that is situated at the fringes of Kolkata city, India. The villagers of and around Indian Sundarbans who have continually been evicted as consequences of environmental disasters would take shelter in this urban settlement. Using ethnographic methods, it explores how these people would struggle to find their livelihoods.
| Translated title of the contribution | City: A tale of a settlement |
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| Original language | Other/Unknown |
| Place of Publication | Kolkata, India |
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| Publisher | Purbalok Publication |
| Number of pages | 152 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789383012091 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Nov 2021 |
| MoE publication type | D5 Text book, professional manual or guide or a dictionary |
Fields of Science
- 5143 Social and cultural anthropology
Projects
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ENDISSA: Sustainable Livelihoods and Politics at the Margins: Environmental Displacement in South Asia
Salmi, J. J. (Participant), Tenhunen, S. (Principal Investigator), Roy, D. (Participant) & Uddin, J. (Participant)
Project: Research project