Mohammad Tareq Hasan
Biographic Data
| ID | 813989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mohammad Tareq Hasan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mohammad Tareq |
| FAMILY NAME | Hasan |
| SIGNATURE | HASAN M T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dhaka |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4954-2321 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Manufacturing Freedom
Encountering the Postcolonial State
Thinking through ethnographies
How can one conceptualize change in societies? What do ethnographies reveal about societies in transition? In elucidating what societal changes entail, this article discusses ethnographies that focus on "societies in transition." An ethnography that deals with changes in and of society also analyzes people's experiences in a rapidly changing society. In addition to giving analytical perspectives on a region-in this case, gendered ideas and practi…
Making of a capitalist frontier
Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) were mainly covered with forest and interspersed jhum—shifting cultivation—plots until the beginning of the British colonial period in 1760. Since then, policy interventions undertaken by the state regimes to govern and regulate the indigenous people and maximize the extraction of natural resources gradually transformed the region into a capitalist frontier. Consequently, the operation of large-scale toba…
Everyday Life of Ready-made Garment Kormi in Bangladesh
Everyday Life of Ready-Made Garment Kormi in Bangladesh
Dare to Dream
Model Citizens in Bangladesh
Recently dubbed the new ‘Asian Tiger’, Bangladesh developed a post-independence citizen-centered economic strategy that included generating non-farm jobs and constituting a new type of model or ideal citizen: the independent, prosperous, and entrepreneurial woman. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Dhaka, in this article I document the model citizen campaigns by analyzing female ready-made garment factory workers’ lives. I also outline the form t…
Ontologies of a Pandemic
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Bangladesh, the government has struggled to enforce regulations to curb spread of the disease. People continued to travel to their desh (home village) not caring about the prescribed health guidelines even after national lockdown was announced. As per many people's perspectives, they—the pious/Bangladeshis—were immune to COVID-19. Nevertheless, novel forms of stigmatisation emerged. In this article, I seek to ill…
Thinking through ethnographies
How can one conceptualize change in societies? What do ethnographies reveal about societies in transition? In elucidating what societal changes entail, this article discusses ethnographies that focus on "societies in transition." An ethnography that deals with changes in and of society also analyzes people's experiences in a rapidly changing society. In addition to giving analytical perspectives on a region-in this case, gendered ideas and practi…
Ontologies of a Pandemic
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Bangladesh, the government has struggled to enforce regulations to curb spread of the disease. People continued to travel to their desh (home village) not caring about the prescribed health guidelines even after national lockdown was announced. As per many people's perspectives, they—the pious/Bangladeshis—were immune to COVID-19. Nevertheless, novel forms of stigmatisation emerged. In this article, I seek to ill…
Everyday Life of Ready-made Garment Kormi in Bangladesh
Everyday Life of Ready-Made Garment Kormi in Bangladesh
Dare to Dream
Model Citizens in Bangladesh
Recently dubbed the new ‘Asian Tiger’, Bangladesh developed a post-independence citizen-centered economic strategy that included generating non-farm jobs and constituting a new type of model or ideal citizen: the independent, prosperous, and entrepreneurial woman. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Dhaka, in this article I document the model citizen campaigns by analyzing female ready-made garment factory workers’ lives. I also outline the form t…
Ontologies of a Pandemic
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Bangladesh, the government has struggled to enforce regulations to curb spread of the disease. People continued to travel to their desh (home village) not caring about the prescribed health guidelines even after national lockdown was announced. As per many people's perspectives, they—the pious/Bangladeshis—were immune to COVID-19. Nevertheless, novel forms of stigmatisation emerged. In this article, I seek to ill…
Thinking through ethnographies
How can one conceptualize change in societies? What do ethnographies reveal about societies in transition? In elucidating what societal changes entail, this article discusses ethnographies that focus on "societies in transition." An ethnography that deals with changes in and of society also analyzes people's experiences in a rapidly changing society. In addition to giving analytical perspectives on a region-in this case, gendered ideas and practi…
Making of a capitalist frontier
Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) were mainly covered with forest and interspersed jhum—shifting cultivation—plots until the beginning of the British colonial period in 1760. Since then, policy interventions undertaken by the state regimes to govern and regulate the indigenous people and maximize the extraction of natural resources gradually transformed the region into a capitalist frontier. Consequently, the operation of large-scale toba…
Manufacturing Freedom
Encountering the Postcolonial State
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works)