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February 7, 2006
| 09:00-09:15 | Tea Opening |
| 09:15-09:30 | Introduction to the workshop on Labour in South Asia |
| Session 1 | Neo-Bondage, Caste and Class Identities Chairman: Geert De Neve |
| 09:30-10:00 | The history of labour bondage in India reconsidered Jan Breman |
| 10:00-10:30 | Discussion |
| 10:30:10:50 | From Transcending Survival to Comprehending Structures; Politics of Vulnerable Labour in New Industrial Economy Vijay Gudavarthy |
| 10:50-11:15 | Discussion |
| 11:15-11h30 | Tea-Break |
| 11:30-11:50 | Identity of the Political Agent Swagato Sarkar |
| 11:50-12:15 | Discussion |
| 12:15-12:35 | Caste and Class Identity: Negotiation at workplace of Headload workers in Arni, Tamil Nadu M.V.Srinivasan |
| 12:35-13:00 | Synthesis Geert De Neve |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch |
| Session 2 | Neo-Liberalisation and Transformation in South India Chairman: Karin Kapadia |
| 14:30-14:50 | Loss of Trust and Loyalty? Middlemen in Andhra Pradesh Picherit David |
| 14:50-15:15 | Discussion |
| 15:15-15:35 | Economic Liberalisation, Class Restructuring and Social Space in Provincial South India Geert De Neve |
| 15:35-16:00 | Discussion |
| 16:00-16:15 | Tea Break |
| 16:15-16:35 | Political Mobilisation among SCs in Coimbatore Villages Judith Heyer |
| 16:35-17:00 | Discussion |
| 17:00-17:20 | Social workers and “beneficiaries”: power and status relations Célina Jauzelon |
| 17:20-17:45 | Discussion |
| 17:45-18:00 | Synthesis Karin Kapadia |
February 8, 2006
| Session 3 | Skills and Cultures Chairman: Surinder S.Jodhka |
| 09:00-09:20 | Cultures of Artisans, low-caste dimensions and labour consciousness: case of Kevat Djallal Heuzé |
| 09:20-09:45 | Discussion |
| 09:45-10:05 | Skills and Silks: learning to work among hand-loom weavers Camilla Roman |
| 10:05-10:30 | Discussion |
| 10:30-10:45 | Tea-Break |
| Session 4 | Indebtedness, over-indebtedness and debt bondage Chairman: Surinder S.Jodhka |
| 10:45-11:05 | In the Grips of the Scissor: No Jobs, Falling Prices, Rising Costs, Growing Indebtedness in Rural India Smita Gupta |
| 11:05-11:30 | Discussion |
| 11:30-11:50 | «Win-win » or « win-loss »? The "comparative advantage" and the ambiguity of the advance system. Some insights from the brick kiln and rice mills sectors in Tamil Nadu Isabelle Guérin, Marc Roesch |
| 11:50-12:15 | Discussion |
| 12:15-12:30 | Synthesis Surinder S. Jodhka |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| Session 5 | Debt Bondage – Regional and sector-based approaches Chairman: M.A.Kalam |
| 14:00-14:20 | Forced/ Bonded Labour in a capitalist economy: A Case study of Punjab Manjit Singh |
| 14:20-14:45 | Discussion |
| 14:45-15:05 | Rural Labour, Bondage and Migration in Bihar: Some Insights from a Longitudinal Survey Alakh Sharma |
| 15:05-15:30 | Discussion |
| 15:30-15:45 | Tea-Break |
| 15:45-16:05 | Ethnicity, Isolation and the Labour Market: The Case of Tea Plantation Labour in Assam and West Bengal Sharit Bhowmik |
| 16:05-16:30 | Discussion |
| 16:30-16:50 | Migrant labour and debt bondage: the case of seasonal migrants from Tamil Nadu Kamala Marius-Gnanou / Venkatasubramaniam |
| 16:50-17:15 | Discussion |
| 17:15-17:35 | Social Relations of Production in Brick Kiln Sector Aseem Prakash |
| 17:35-18:00 | Discussion |
February 9, 2006
| Session 6 | From Global perspective to Country specific Chairmen: Jan Breman and Julian Parr |
| 08:30-08:50 | Bonded Labour in the Global Context and new forms of bondage Roger Plant |
| 08:50-09:10 | Prevalence of over indebtedness in Bangladesh (Agriculture, weaving, sex and tea sectors) Nazneen Haq |
| 09:10-09:30 | Debt bondage in Pakistan, an overview Haris Gazdar |
| 09:30-10:30 | Discussion |
| 10:30-10:45 | Tea-Break |
| 10:45-11:05 | Diversity of Bonded Labour in India: The Changing Forms and Extent D. Narasimha Reddy |
| 11:05-11:30 | Discussion |
| 11:30-11:45 | Synthesis Jan Breman |
| 11:45-12:30 | Round Table part 1. Debt bondage: prevention and action Facilitator: Julian Parr |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15h30 | Round Table part 2. Debt bondage: prevention and action Facilitator: Julian Parr |
| 15:30-16:00 | Tea break and departure of ILO participants |
| 16:00-17:00 | Concluding session |
Latest addition : 21 August 2006.