Deepanshu Mohan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4063994 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deepanshu Mohan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deepanshu |
| FAMILY NAME | Mohan |
| SIGNATURE | MOHAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | O. P. Jindal Global University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Practice of Visual Ethnography
Expanding Horizons
Pan-India Stories of Informal Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic
Tracing the journey of a craft from ‘Embeddedness’ to ‘Commercialisation
Karl Polanyi’s theories on embeddedness and disembeddedness help unpack the transformation of exchange systems and emergence of markets in societies. This paper analyses a process of such transformation observed in the context of the hand block printing industry of Jaipur and its nearby areas. Through an ethnographic study of the craft, we observe the extent to which hand block printing has undergone heavy commodification and commercialisation wh…
Gauging the impact of a pandemic on the lives and livelihoods of female domestic worker across Indian cities
Domestic workers are one of the most unprotected groups of the global workforce in informal employment who remain outside the ambit of social security and legal protection. Despite their significant contribution to the economy and society, they are often invisible and undervalued. The pre-existing adversities and vulnerabilities became all the more evident during the recent health crisis. While different groups of workers faced constraints to sup…
Examining the informality in urban informal settlements – Evidence from Kapashera
Viewing embeddedness and ethnic-solidarity in economics of exchange
Karl Polanyi argues that the discipline of economics has emerged from the observations of human beings and their practices existing in a society. Since humans are perceived primarily as social beings rather than economic ones, embeddedness is a necessary and basic condition of the economy. This paper is an attempt to observe study and understand the inter-sectional application of these concepts of embeddedness and ethnic solidarity, in the socio-…
Inclusive Urban Eco-systems
Informality, associated with street vendors, is now seen as a generalised mode of metropolitan urbanisation. Street vendors form an important part of several economies around the world and are seen as a vital source of livelihood and employment opportunity for the low-skilled, lower-income class of the population. A closer understanding of profiles of street vendors and the nature of complexities present in the business of street vending—studied …
Street vending in urban ‘informal’ markets
Inclusive Urban Eco-systems
Informality, associated with street vendors, is now seen as a generalised mode of metropolitan urbanisation. Street vendors form an important part of several economies around the world and are seen as a vital source of livelihood and employment opportunity for the low-skilled, lower-income class of the population. A closer understanding of profiles of street vendors and the nature of complexities present in the business of street vending—studied …
Street vending in urban ‘informal’ markets
Gauging the impact of a pandemic on the lives and livelihoods of female domestic worker across Indian cities
Domestic workers are one of the most unprotected groups of the global workforce in informal employment who remain outside the ambit of social security and legal protection. Despite their significant contribution to the economy and society, they are often invisible and undervalued. The pre-existing adversities and vulnerabilities became all the more evident during the recent health crisis. While different groups of workers faced constraints to sup…
Examining the informality in urban informal settlements – Evidence from Kapashera
Viewing embeddedness and ethnic-solidarity in economics of exchange
Karl Polanyi argues that the discipline of economics has emerged from the observations of human beings and their practices existing in a society. Since humans are perceived primarily as social beings rather than economic ones, embeddedness is a necessary and basic condition of the economy. This paper is an attempt to observe study and understand the inter-sectional application of these concepts of embeddedness and ethnic solidarity, in the socio-…
Tracing the journey of a craft from ‘Embeddedness’ to ‘Commercialisation
Karl Polanyi’s theories on embeddedness and disembeddedness help unpack the transformation of exchange systems and emergence of markets in societies. This paper analyses a process of such transformation observed in the context of the hand block printing industry of Jaipur and its nearby areas. Through an ethnographic study of the craft, we observe the extent to which hand block printing has undergone heavy commodification and commercialisation wh…
Pan-India Stories of Informal Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic
The Practice of Visual Ethnography
Expanding Horizons
Economics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Ethnography (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Economy (3 works) · Informal sector (3 works)