Pushpendra Johar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4690398 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pushpendra Johar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pushpendra |
| FAMILY NAME | Johar |
| SIGNATURE | JOHAR P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Independent Researcher, India |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Grassroots authoritarianism
Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper documents how ordinary digital technologies, such as WhatsApp, were (re)appropriated for communication and pandemic coordination at a time when face-to-face meetings were impossible. However, there was also an emergent 'dark' side to its use. In the context of India's democratic backsliding, middle-class Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) deployed everyday technologies to (re)configure e…
No Room for Dissent
WhatsApp and digital private spaces are transforming the quality of lived democracy in India today. Bringing together STS, geographies of democracy, digital and political anthropology, and feminist approaches to the home, this paper makes visible how the Silicon Valley imaginary of the “digital living room” is domesticated in India. Drawing on digital ethnographic research in urban north India we show how WhatsApp is being used by the Hindu right…
Grassroots authoritarianism
Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper documents how ordinary digital technologies, such as WhatsApp, were (re)appropriated for communication and pandemic coordination at a time when face-to-face meetings were impossible. However, there was also an emergent 'dark' side to its use. In the context of India's democratic backsliding, middle-class Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) deployed everyday technologies to (re)configure e…
No Room for Dissent
WhatsApp and digital private spaces are transforming the quality of lived democracy in India today. Bringing together STS, geographies of democracy, digital and political anthropology, and feminist approaches to the home, this paper makes visible how the Silicon Valley imaginary of the “digital living room” is domesticated in India. Drawing on digital ethnographic research in urban north India we show how WhatsApp is being used by the Hindu right…
No Room for Dissent
WhatsApp and digital private spaces are transforming the quality of lived democracy in India today. Bringing together STS, geographies of democracy, digital and political anthropology, and feminist approaches to the home, this paper makes visible how the Silicon Valley imaginary of the “digital living room” is domesticated in India. Drawing on digital ethnographic research in urban north India we show how WhatsApp is being used by the Hindu right…
Grassroots authoritarianism
Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper documents how ordinary digital technologies, such as WhatsApp, were (re)appropriated for communication and pandemic coordination at a time when face-to-face meetings were impossible. However, there was also an emergent 'dark' side to its use. In the context of India's democratic backsliding, middle-class Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) deployed everyday technologies to (re)configure e…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Authoritarianism (1 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works)