Amiya Kumar Das
Biographic Data
| ID | 453362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amiya Kumar Das |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amiya Kumar |
| FAMILY NAME | Das |
| SIGNATURE | DAS A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tezpur University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6031-5221 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Forced, Reversed and Sustained
The article explores the multi-faceted phenomenon of forced migration, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which triggered large-scale reverse migration among marginalised workers. Focusing on migrant workers from Odisha, the study applies the concept of liminality and employs a qualitative approach to examine the dialectics of social mobility. It highlights the ruptured experiences of these workers and the paradoxes of mobility…
Conflict and communication in everyday life
Ethnic conflicts have proved to be inherently dangerous and repressive across the globe. While this signification cannot be negated, a deeper articulation of liminal existences in the conflict‐prone areas requires more attention. Using case studies with a qualitative research design, the paper emphasizes on conflict as a social force, facilitating the (re)structuration of communities entangled within it. The paper explores the mundane lived exper…
Footloose Culture
Care as work
Eldercare arrangements are intricately woven and complex. While adult children are socially extolled as legitimate caregivers, ayahs working in ayah centres are making revolutionary strides in Kolkata. Drawing across this context, the article explores multiple essences of lived experiences through which care actors like ayahs , elderly care receivers, their kin and ayah -centre managers produce and reproduce ‘care practices’. These establish ayah…
When orange becomes sweeter’
In contemporary times, climate variability has spurred interdisciplinary efforts to gauge the impacts of climate change. Drawing from field-based research in Arunachal Pradesh, India, this paper explores what constitutes ‘climate knowledge’ when bio-physical environmental changes are perceived differently among community members. To associate bio-physical realities with socio-cultural knowledge and practice, it is necessary to shift the frame of …
Indigeneity, Citizenship and the State
Mukulika Banerjee, Why India Votes
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Mukulika Banerjee, Why India Votes
Care as work
Eldercare arrangements are intricately woven and complex. While adult children are socially extolled as legitimate caregivers, ayahs working in ayah centres are making revolutionary strides in Kolkata. Drawing across this context, the article explores multiple essences of lived experiences through which care actors like ayahs , elderly care receivers, their kin and ayah -centre managers produce and reproduce ‘care practices’. These establish ayah…
When orange becomes sweeter’
In contemporary times, climate variability has spurred interdisciplinary efforts to gauge the impacts of climate change. Drawing from field-based research in Arunachal Pradesh, India, this paper explores what constitutes ‘climate knowledge’ when bio-physical environmental changes are perceived differently among community members. To associate bio-physical realities with socio-cultural knowledge and practice, it is necessary to shift the frame of …
Indigeneity, Citizenship and the State
Conflict and communication in everyday life
Ethnic conflicts have proved to be inherently dangerous and repressive across the globe. While this signification cannot be negated, a deeper articulation of liminal existences in the conflict‐prone areas requires more attention. Using case studies with a qualitative research design, the paper emphasizes on conflict as a social force, facilitating the (re)structuration of communities entangled within it. The paper explores the mundane lived exper…
Footloose Culture
Forced, Reversed and Sustained
The article explores the multi-faceted phenomenon of forced migration, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which triggered large-scale reverse migration among marginalised workers. Focusing on migrant workers from Odisha, the study applies the concept of liminality and employs a qualitative approach to examine the dialectics of social mobility. It highlights the ruptured experiences of these workers and the paradoxes of mobility…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)