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SUMMARY:Organisation of Segregation: Reproducing Caste Inequalities in Urb
 an India - Jusmeet S Sihra (University of Cambridge)
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DESCRIPTION:Cities have long been seen as spaces where ex-untouchables cou
 ld escape discrimination and ostracization. However\, their segregation re
 mains endemic in Indian cities. This talk addresses how caste is reproduce
 d in the city. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Ajmer (Rajasthan) –incl
 uding a georeferenced survey of 697 households\, cartographic analysis\, 1
 1 months of ethnographic observation\, and an original dataset on neighbou
 rhood nomenclature and topography – I argue that caste is spatialised in
  cities. The organisation of spatial boundaries visibilises caste\, etchin
 g a “pollution line” both socially and spatially. Building on these fi
 ndings\, I outline the contours of a spatial theory of caste.\n\nJusmeet S
 . Sihra is an urban and political sociologist with a deep interest in unde
 rstanding caste inequalities rooted in space. He is a British Academy Inte
 rnational Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambr
 idge. He holds a joint PhD from Sciences Po Paris and the Hebrew Universit
 y of Jerusalem. His dissertation won the Alex Berger Prize for outstanding
  dissertation at the Hebrew University. His doctoral research explored the
  mechanisms of caste segregation in urban India through an innovative mixe
 d-methods approach\, combining ethnography\, interviews\, GIS mapping\, an
 d newly generated datasets on disaggregated caste categories. In providing
  the first micro street-level organisation of caste segregation\, his diss
 ertation showed how caste functions through space.\n\nSpeakers:\nJusmeet S
  Sihra (University of Cambridge)
LOCATION:St Antony's College (Pavilion Room)\, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
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