I showcase here textual and visual gems of a geek mixed methods ethnography in political science and sociology, focusing mainly on educated youth, representation and political becoming in contemporary India. The repository gravitates around a monograph in preparation on campus activism and Indian democracy, and introduces the curated material of an archival exhibition on student politics. I have a growing interest in text analysis and the study of populist speeches. Content is open access.
§︎ Research foci
• Youth activism as political self-fashioning
• Political archives and the pamphleteers
• Populist style as political representation
• Political intermediaries, elites and subalterns
• Ethnography of political ambition in India
• Text analysis, speeches and lifeworlds
§︎ Contents
• Publications: articles · preprints · op-eds
• Collaborations: ceri · iiit-d · icas-mp
• Datasets: parcha · dips
• Curation: memories of change
• Syllabi: sciences po · king's · cemis
• Code: r · python
• Photography: fieldword photos
• E-library: nonfiction
In this book review of the French translation of ‘Nightmarch: A Journey into India’s Naxal Heartlands’ I discuss Alpa Shah’s groundbreaking exploration of the contradictions of the naxalite movement in India’s tribal belt…where utopia and dystopia converge.
Cet article s’attache à montrer comment des formes d’action collective consistant à occuper l’espace public ont permis un renversement temporaire et inattendu des mécanismes antiélitistes d’appel au peuple du gouvernement indien.
Les 17emes elections generales de la Lok Sabha, la chambre basse du Parlement indien, se sont deroulees du 11 avril au 19 mai 2019 et ont abouti a un triomphe du parti nationaliste hindou…
This project intends to examine the pivotal role of political mediators in the conduct of Indian democracy. By organizing seven research-related events on often unaccounted political intermediaries in contemporary India…
Les universités sont-elles toujours des lieux de contestations sociales et politiques ? Où sont les nouveaux foyers de protestations ? Quels sont les liens entre mouvements étudiants et partis politiques ? Lieux d’enseignement, les…