Krupa Rajangam
Biographic Data
| ID | 811206 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Krupa Rajangam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Krupa |
| FAMILY NAME | Rajangam |
| SIGNATURE | RAJANGAM K |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Advanced Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4274-7244 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
(In)adequacies of Heritage Conservation and Management
Prima facie, our field-site, the piedmont-scrublands of Ramanadi Basin, Tamirabarani productive landscape, in the South Indian peninsula, is a Historical Irrigated Landscape (HIL). However, here, we neither reiterate our field-site as a HIL in need of site-specific solution, nor do we argue for evermore (sub)categories to manage such diverse heritage. We draw on our interdisciplinary fieldwork and argue that the polysemic nature of landscapes and…
Bridging Development and Heritage
In this article, I explore the complex trajectory of two bridges that were proposed for construction across the River Tungabhadra in the early 1990s at locations that now fall within the boundary of Hampi, a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site (WHS) in India. The proposed bridges were considered improper forms of infrastructure development in the visual context of a WHS, and the site was placed on the World Heritage in Danger List in the late 199…
Reading the Entanglements of Nature-culture Conservation and Development in Contemporary India
In this article we argue for greater attention to the practice of (nature-culture) conservation as a specific form of intervention with implications for development. Outlining the dominant frameworks through which the often vexed relationship between conservation and development has been understood, the article offers an alternative analytical framework that is grounded in ethnographic attention to everyday practice. Applying this framework, the …
A bureaucracy of care in managing Hampi World Heritage Site
In this paper I examine the 'heritage regime' instituted at Hampi, Karnataka, India, consequent to its inscription as World Heritage, by analysing everyday material practices of conservation-management at the site through the lens of 'care'. I argue that the regime is undoubtedly a bureaucracy as popularly imagined - but of care premised on knowledge and not of apathy. I suggest that various ongoing contestations amongst social actors are over th…
Whitefield
The late nineteenth-century Anglo-Indian settlement in Whitefield is about sixteen kilometres east of Bangalore, India. It was originally an independent village, but has since been co-opted as a city suburb. This paper presents an overview of the research project carried out in Whitefield over a six month period from May to November 2009, involving documentation and analysis of the settlement, plots, and bungalows. At Whitefield we found a unique…
A bureaucracy of care in managing Hampi World Heritage Site
In this paper I examine the 'heritage regime' instituted at Hampi, Karnataka, India, consequent to its inscription as World Heritage, by analysing everyday material practices of conservation-management at the site through the lens of 'care'. I argue that the regime is undoubtedly a bureaucracy as popularly imagined - but of care premised on knowledge and not of apathy. I suggest that various ongoing contestations amongst social actors are over th…
Bridging Development and Heritage
In this article, I explore the complex trajectory of two bridges that were proposed for construction across the River Tungabhadra in the early 1990s at locations that now fall within the boundary of Hampi, a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site (WHS) in India. The proposed bridges were considered improper forms of infrastructure development in the visual context of a WHS, and the site was placed on the World Heritage in Danger List in the late 199…
Whitefield
The late nineteenth-century Anglo-Indian settlement in Whitefield is about sixteen kilometres east of Bangalore, India. It was originally an independent village, but has since been co-opted as a city suburb. This paper presents an overview of the research project carried out in Whitefield over a six month period from May to November 2009, involving documentation and analysis of the settlement, plots, and bungalows. At Whitefield we found a unique…
A bureaucracy of care in managing Hampi World Heritage Site
In this paper I examine the 'heritage regime' instituted at Hampi, Karnataka, India, consequent to its inscription as World Heritage, by analysing everyday material practices of conservation-management at the site through the lens of 'care'. I argue that the regime is undoubtedly a bureaucracy as popularly imagined - but of care premised on knowledge and not of apathy. I suggest that various ongoing contestations amongst social actors are over th…
Bridging Development and Heritage
In this article, I explore the complex trajectory of two bridges that were proposed for construction across the River Tungabhadra in the early 1990s at locations that now fall within the boundary of Hampi, a UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site (WHS) in India. The proposed bridges were considered improper forms of infrastructure development in the visual context of a WHS, and the site was placed on the World Heritage in Danger List in the late 199…
Reading the Entanglements of Nature-culture Conservation and Development in Contemporary India
In this article we argue for greater attention to the practice of (nature-culture) conservation as a specific form of intervention with implications for development. Outlining the dominant frameworks through which the often vexed relationship between conservation and development has been understood, the article offers an alternative analytical framework that is grounded in ethnographic attention to everyday practice. Applying this framework, the …
(In)adequacies of Heritage Conservation and Management
Prima facie, our field-site, the piedmont-scrublands of Ramanadi Basin, Tamirabarani productive landscape, in the South Indian peninsula, is a Historical Irrigated Landscape (HIL). However, here, we neither reiterate our field-site as a HIL in need of site-specific solution, nor do we argue for evermore (sub)categories to manage such diverse heritage. We draw on our interdisciplinary fieldwork and argue that the polysemic nature of landscapes and…
Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)