International Research on Cultures, Environments and Societies in South Asia

French Institute of Pondicherry

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Events

“The people of waste. Living Plastic” (IRD-CNRS, 18 min, Rémi de Bercegol, Grant Davis, Shankare Gowda)

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Conversation on Schoolbooks in India – A Dialogue

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MoSS#7 [Making of Social Sciences] The aesthetic, professional and mnemonic lives of India’s circuses

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Local food system of Pondicherry: A discussion on food sovereignty and agro-ecology transition (Third Edition): 3 - 9 February, 2021


Research



Indology

Ecology

Social Sciences

GeoSMIT

Transversal Topics


Forest

What is the status of forests? What are the challenges and strategies of developmental activities in protecting forests with reference to global change scenario?

Labour

How do we understand changes in labouring lives with respect to transformations in political economy of finance and credit, ecological landscapes, work and knowledge?

Coast

Understanding coastal ecosystems as a confluence of physical, political, social and ecological changes towards establishing an observatory of the Coromandel Coast

Water

Access to water: production, consumption, policies, society and representations. Water landscapes and culture: from art to tourism. Aquatic environments, between botany and human settlements

Heritage

From Tamil-French Pondicherry to the rich national history of India, between ancient times and globalization: Archeological and historical research, tangible and intangible heritage policies, memory and tourism