Kennedy Saldanha
Biographic Data
| ID | 4078751 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kennedy Saldanha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kennedy |
| FAMILY NAME | Saldanha |
| SIGNATURE | SALDANHA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Michigan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0911-0129 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Outreach to farmworkers before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
Outreach is an important element of social care. It is an informal but planned form of on-site service delivery to vulnerable populations. Outreach affects some target populations, such as migrant farmworkers, immensely. Outreach staff demonstrate a unique capacity to navigate remote and hard to -to-reach areas, making contact with farmworkers who would otherwise not receive essential services. This ethnographic study describes how organizations …
India's internal migrants and the first wave of Covid-19
The invisibility of farmworkers
Many realities, one world
In India a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of COVID has stranded 600 million internal migrants, laborers who move within the country from its underdeveloped regions to cities and production hubs. My own experience of the pandemic in Michigan has prompted reflections on links between past experiences with an educational project for children in a slum in Mumbai and the situation of stranded migrants in India today. Although the pandemic know…
Making labor visible in the food movement
While the food movement includes many critical positive initiatives, it shows little recognition of the labor contributions of the farmworkers who produce the food. A visit to a few local towns in western Michigan revealed farmworkers are invisible in “farm to table” tropes. A study was undertaken to explore farmworkers and their living conditions, and the links between their local invisibility and historic, political, and global processes. Using…
It’s Only a Game of Chance”
For street children in Mumbai, gambling is mostly a social and recreational activity. This study is based on data gathered from a survey of 70 youths aged 12 to 24, two focus groups, and participant observation. It offers glimpses into various facets of their gambling, including age patterns, games played, venues, and how group and street subculture strongly influence participation. Street children perceive gambling as a “game of chance,” implyin…
On Seeing Monkeys, Cows, and Beggars
Through collaborative writing, the authors reflect on ethnographic engagement and critique 'research tourism,' that is, drop-in, quick-fix 'fieldwork' in developing countries. We position ourselves not as researchers vis-à-vis researched, but as two scholars set between researchers and researched, sometimes in the role of researcher but also stepping inside the binary to limn the gap. Through a dialogue across disciplines and a co-labor of writin…
Well, if you can't smile you should go home!” Experiences and reflective insights on providing outreach to young sex trade workers
On Seeing Monkeys, Cows, and Beggars
Through collaborative writing, the authors reflect on ethnographic engagement and critique 'research tourism,' that is, drop-in, quick-fix 'fieldwork' in developing countries. We position ourselves not as researchers vis-à-vis researched, but as two scholars set between researchers and researched, sometimes in the role of researcher but also stepping inside the binary to limn the gap. Through a dialogue across disciplines and a co-labor of writin…
The invisibility of farmworkers
It’s Only a Game of Chance”
For street children in Mumbai, gambling is mostly a social and recreational activity. This study is based on data gathered from a survey of 70 youths aged 12 to 24, two focus groups, and participant observation. It offers glimpses into various facets of their gambling, including age patterns, games played, venues, and how group and street subculture strongly influence participation. Street children perceive gambling as a “game of chance,” implyin…
Well, if you can't smile you should go home!” Experiences and reflective insights on providing outreach to young sex trade workers
Well, if you can't smile you should go home!” Experiences and reflective insights on providing outreach to young sex trade workers
On Seeing Monkeys, Cows, and Beggars
Through collaborative writing, the authors reflect on ethnographic engagement and critique 'research tourism,' that is, drop-in, quick-fix 'fieldwork' in developing countries. We position ourselves not as researchers vis-à-vis researched, but as two scholars set between researchers and researched, sometimes in the role of researcher but also stepping inside the binary to limn the gap. Through a dialogue across disciplines and a co-labor of writin…
It’s Only a Game of Chance”
For street children in Mumbai, gambling is mostly a social and recreational activity. This study is based on data gathered from a survey of 70 youths aged 12 to 24, two focus groups, and participant observation. It offers glimpses into various facets of their gambling, including age patterns, games played, venues, and how group and street subculture strongly influence participation. Street children perceive gambling as a “game of chance,” implyin…
Many realities, one world
In India a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of COVID has stranded 600 million internal migrants, laborers who move within the country from its underdeveloped regions to cities and production hubs. My own experience of the pandemic in Michigan has prompted reflections on links between past experiences with an educational project for children in a slum in Mumbai and the situation of stranded migrants in India today. Although the pandemic know…
Making labor visible in the food movement
While the food movement includes many critical positive initiatives, it shows little recognition of the labor contributions of the farmworkers who produce the food. A visit to a few local towns in western Michigan revealed farmworkers are invisible in “farm to table” tropes. A study was undertaken to explore farmworkers and their living conditions, and the links between their local invisibility and historic, political, and global processes. Using…
The invisibility of farmworkers
Outreach to farmworkers before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
Outreach is an important element of social care. It is an informal but planned form of on-site service delivery to vulnerable populations. Outreach affects some target populations, such as migrant farmworkers, immensely. Outreach staff demonstrate a unique capacity to navigate remote and hard to -to-reach areas, making contact with farmworkers who would otherwise not receive essential services. This ethnographic study describes how organizations …
India's internal migrants and the first wave of Covid-19
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Outreach (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Pandemic (3 works)