Devesh Khatarker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4460018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Devesh Khatarker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Devesh |
| FAMILY NAME | Khatarker |
| SIGNATURE | KHATARKER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Humanities and Social Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Of Sanitation Labour, Obsolete Technologies and Civilisation in India
The erstwhile untouchable castes are still the mainstay of sanitation labour in South Asia. The sanitation sector has largely remained manual without mechanisation. This article focusses on the continuance of manual scavenging (use of bare hands to clean human excreta) and sweeping without appropriate technological aids in the unique context of South Asia. Drawing from fieldwork conducted in Mumbai city (June–October 2021) that included conversat…
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Of Sanitation Labour, Obsolete Technologies and Civilisation in India
The erstwhile untouchable castes are still the mainstay of sanitation labour in South Asia. The sanitation sector has largely remained manual without mechanisation. This article focusses on the continuance of manual scavenging (use of bare hands to clean human excreta) and sweeping without appropriate technological aids in the unique context of South Asia. Drawing from fieldwork conducted in Mumbai city (June–October 2021) that included conversat…
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