Abhradip Banerjee
Biographic Data
| ID | 3597436 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abhradip Banerjee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abhradip |
| FAMILY NAME | Banerjee |
| SIGNATURE | BANERJEE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Anthropology, Government General Degree College Singur, affiliated to Burdwan University, Singur, Hooghly, West Bengal, India |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5717-1546 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reweaving Technology and Culture: Rethinking Indian Handlooms through an Anthropological Lens
This essay explores how handloom weaving in India can be understood not just as a traditional craft, but as a dynamic and socially embedded technological practice. Drawing on long-term fieldwork with weaving communities in West Bengal, the author reflects on how earlier studies often treated technology as a force that shaped culture from the outside—overlooking the ways in which people, tools, practices, and institutions co-evolve. By focusing on…
The Sociotechnical System of Silk Weaving in Bishnupur Region in West Bengal
The article analyses the sociotechnical system of the silk weaving industry in the Bishnupur region of West Bengal through a detailed description of processes and interactions between important technical elements and the human agents within a richly structured environment of silk cloth production. It shows that the various processes of silk cloth production and marketing constitute an ensemble of economic inequalities, skill differentiation and d…
Exploring the Effects of Globalization on Silk Weaving Tradition of Bishnupur Region in West Bengal, India
Over the years, increasing concerns among the scholars incline to see the adverse effects of globalization. One of the major reasons for this ever-increasing concern is the gradual infiltration of market-driven production system and global capitalism among different groups of people who earn their living either as wage laborers or artisans. This effect has been most profoundly noted among those whose place is on the fringe of the national economy…
Continuity and Change among the Koras of Bindukata
The Kora is a small tribal group who are mostly found in eastern part of India. Like many other ethnic groups, the Kora had their own distinct culture, customs, rituals and religion. However, in comparison to other major tribal groups in West Bengal, the Kora as a group to date have recevied relatively little research attention. In this article, we reappraise our experience and observation on the social-cultural life of the Kora people of Paschim…
The Insiders’ Experience of an Undergraduate Level Ethnographic Fieldwork Training Program in India
Research on fieldwork experiences is not something new to the discipline of Anthropology. However, undergraduate level ethnographic fieldwork training programs in India as a research area still remained unexplored. The purpose of the study described in this paper was to explore the proceedings of undergraduate level ethnographic fieldwork training programs in India. This article uses the authors’ own recollections regarding an undergraduate level…
Understanding Some of the Key Factors Responsible for Transition within an Indian Cotton Weaving Tradition
This article aims at providing insight into one of the most important questions that still lurks within the discourses of India’s industrialisation or de-industrialisation. By analysing the case of a particular cotton weaving tradition in India, this article tries to explore how the adoption of new technologies or inflow of capital has brought changes within the labour relationship, which has eventually led to the transition within many other Ind…
Relations between rock art and ritual practice: A case study from eastern India
Tricks and Truths of Drug Marketing: An Insider’s Experience of an Indian Pharmaceutical Organization
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Tricks and Truths of Drug Marketing: An Insider’s Experience of an Indian Pharmaceutical Organization
Relations between rock art and ritual practice: A case study from eastern India
Understanding Some of the Key Factors Responsible for Transition within an Indian Cotton Weaving Tradition
This article aims at providing insight into one of the most important questions that still lurks within the discourses of India’s industrialisation or de-industrialisation. By analysing the case of a particular cotton weaving tradition in India, this article tries to explore how the adoption of new technologies or inflow of capital has brought changes within the labour relationship, which has eventually led to the transition within many other Ind…
Continuity and Change among the Koras of Bindukata
The Kora is a small tribal group who are mostly found in eastern part of India. Like many other ethnic groups, the Kora had their own distinct culture, customs, rituals and religion. However, in comparison to other major tribal groups in West Bengal, the Kora as a group to date have recevied relatively little research attention. In this article, we reappraise our experience and observation on the social-cultural life of the Kora people of Paschim…
The Insiders’ Experience of an Undergraduate Level Ethnographic Fieldwork Training Program in India
Research on fieldwork experiences is not something new to the discipline of Anthropology. However, undergraduate level ethnographic fieldwork training programs in India as a research area still remained unexplored. The purpose of the study described in this paper was to explore the proceedings of undergraduate level ethnographic fieldwork training programs in India. This article uses the authors’ own recollections regarding an undergraduate level…
Exploring the Effects of Globalization on Silk Weaving Tradition of Bishnupur Region in West Bengal, India
Over the years, increasing concerns among the scholars incline to see the adverse effects of globalization. One of the major reasons for this ever-increasing concern is the gradual infiltration of market-driven production system and global capitalism among different groups of people who earn their living either as wage laborers or artisans. This effect has been most profoundly noted among those whose place is on the fringe of the national economy…
The Sociotechnical System of Silk Weaving in Bishnupur Region in West Bengal
The article analyses the sociotechnical system of the silk weaving industry in the Bishnupur region of West Bengal through a detailed description of processes and interactions between important technical elements and the human agents within a richly structured environment of silk cloth production. It shows that the various processes of silk cloth production and marketing constitute an ensemble of economic inequalities, skill differentiation and d…
Reweaving Technology and Culture: Rethinking Indian Handlooms through an Anthropological Lens
This essay explores how handloom weaving in India can be understood not just as a traditional craft, but as a dynamic and socially embedded technological practice. Drawing on long-term fieldwork with weaving communities in West Bengal, the author reflects on how earlier studies often treated technology as a force that shaped culture from the outside—overlooking the ways in which people, tools, practices, and institutions co-evolve. By focusing on…
Sociology (7 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · Ethnography (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Weaving (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Indian Economic and Social Development (3 works) · Law (3 works)