A Sengupta
Biographic Data
| ID | 40321 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Sengupta |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Sengupta |
| SIGNATURE | SENGUPTA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-4206-3640 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thons: Sites of Struggle, Resistance, and Responsibility
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Decolonizing the Internet by Decolonizing Ourselves: Challenging Epistemic Injustice through Feminist Practice
Seventy-five percent of the world’s online population is from the global South, and nearly half is projected to be women. Yet public knowledge on the internet - exemplified by Wikipedia - is primarily constructed by (white) men from western Europe and North America. One in ten Wikipedia editors are estimated to self-identify as female. In other words, the internet of the majority is produced by the minority. But Wikipedia is only one example of t…
Centering knowledge from the margins: Our embodied practices of epistemic resistance and revolution
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. (Maya Angelou)The histories and knowledges of marginalized communities are the histories and knowledges of the majority of the wor
Shifting gender roles: An analysis of violence against women in post-conflict Uganda
Based on findings from a qualitative study in northern Uganda, this article explores factors leading to gender-based violence (GBV) in the post-conflict African context. The crisis of masculinity becomes crucial to understanding women's vulnerability to GBV. This crisis stems from the trauma of losing one's internal resources – socially constructed identity role and purpose, and one's external resources – wealth and productive assets. We find tha…
Concept, category and claim: Insights on caste and ethnicity from the police in India
Drawing upon contemporary conceptual understandings of race and ethnicity, this essay examines their relevance to ways in which the meaning and effects of caste are transformed within the everyday Indian state. Ethnographic insights from the police in Karnataka demonstrate the continuum of analytical concept, social category and political claim: different moments along this continuum allow for specific individual and institutional constructions o…
Ali: Does He Have a ‘Choice’
The life story of a 16 year-old boy, Ali, provides a glimpse into the livelihood choices of children living in urban slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Until recently, Ali's life and his community was characterised by urban crime and violence. In spite of having escaped the life of violence, the struggles of a child growing up in a marginalised, poor community remain far more complex and difficult than is often perceived from the outside
Centering knowledge from the margins: Our embodied practices of epistemic resistance and revolution
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. (Maya Angelou)The histories and knowledges of marginalized communities are the histories and knowledges of the majority of the wor
Shifting gender roles: An analysis of violence against women in post-conflict Uganda
Based on findings from a qualitative study in northern Uganda, this article explores factors leading to gender-based violence (GBV) in the post-conflict African context. The crisis of masculinity becomes crucial to understanding women's vulnerability to GBV. This crisis stems from the trauma of losing one's internal resources – socially constructed identity role and purpose, and one's external resources – wealth and productive assets. We find tha…
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thons: Sites of Struggle, Resistance, and Responsibility
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
Concept, category and claim: Insights on caste and ethnicity from the police in India
Drawing upon contemporary conceptual understandings of race and ethnicity, this essay examines their relevance to ways in which the meaning and effects of caste are transformed within the everyday Indian state. Ethnographic insights from the police in Karnataka demonstrate the continuum of analytical concept, social category and political claim: different moments along this continuum allow for specific individual and institutional constructions o…
Ali: Does He Have a ‘Choice’
The life story of a 16 year-old boy, Ali, provides a glimpse into the livelihood choices of children living in urban slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Until recently, Ali's life and his community was characterised by urban crime and violence. In spite of having escaped the life of violence, the struggles of a child growing up in a marginalised, poor community remain far more complex and difficult than is often perceived from the outside
Concept, category and claim: Insights on caste and ethnicity from the police in India
Drawing upon contemporary conceptual understandings of race and ethnicity, this essay examines their relevance to ways in which the meaning and effects of caste are transformed within the everyday Indian state. Ethnographic insights from the police in Karnataka demonstrate the continuum of analytical concept, social category and political claim: different moments along this continuum allow for specific individual and institutional constructions o…
Shifting gender roles: An analysis of violence against women in post-conflict Uganda
Based on findings from a qualitative study in northern Uganda, this article explores factors leading to gender-based violence (GBV) in the post-conflict African context. The crisis of masculinity becomes crucial to understanding women's vulnerability to GBV. This crisis stems from the trauma of losing one's internal resources – socially constructed identity role and purpose, and one's external resources – wealth and productive assets. We find tha…
Centering knowledge from the margins: Our embodied practices of epistemic resistance and revolution
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. (Maya Angelou)The histories and knowledges of marginalized communities are the histories and knowledges of the majority of the wor
Decolonizing the Internet by Decolonizing Ourselves: Challenging Epistemic Injustice through Feminist Practice
Seventy-five percent of the world’s online population is from the global South, and nearly half is projected to be women. Yet public knowledge on the internet - exemplified by Wikipedia - is primarily constructed by (white) men from western Europe and North America. One in ten Wikipedia editors are estimated to self-identify as female. In other words, the internet of the majority is produced by the minority. But Wikipedia is only one example of t…
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thons: Sites of Struggle, Resistance, and Responsibility
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)