Thanuja Mummidi
Biographic Data
| ID | 907694 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thanuja Mummidi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thanuja |
| FAMILY NAME | Mummidi |
| SIGNATURE | MUMMIDI T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pondicherry University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7875-916X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Coping with Covid-19
From Outside and Inside”
During one of my conversations on illness and cure with a Konda Reddi 1 elder, he said that illnesses are approached in two frames. In one, the causation comes from inside the Konda Reddi territory, while the other comes from the outside. The treatment for both accordingly comes from the places of their origin. More recently, in 2023, as I reopened this conversation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, it was interesting to …
Millets, Shifting Cultivation and the Adivasis
The year 2023 is celebrated as the International Year of Millets, declared by the United Nation’s General Assembly in March 2021 on the proposal submitted by the Government of India. Millet cultivation and consumption are being championed as the panacea for climate change and a solution for global hunger and nutrition. India’s lead in this connection is to make herself the global hub for millets. The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN r…
Microfinance and Entrepreneurship
The rapid growth of the microfinance sector has attracted a considerable amount of research claiming controversial results, whereby some support, and others not, the assumption that microfinance can promote income-generating activities (IGAs). This article advocates looking beyond microfinance in making such correlations. It attempts to demonstrate that the livelihood framework can be useful in such assessment. The article proposes this framework…
Video Caravan in Engaging Development
The relation between indigenous people and development agencies is much discussed in anthropology ( Bicker et al., 2004 ; Pottier et al., 2003 ; Sillitoe et al., 2002 ). This relation is more often than not, one of conflict. A conflict that builds from distrust by the people on the development agent and disrespect from the latter on the former. The research on which this article is based addresses this conflict by recording the voice of the Konda…
Realigning Dispossession and Negotiating Development
Culture for long has been undermined in development planning by setting it in opposition to future thinking development. Through the concept of cultural ‘capacity to aspire’, Appadurai offers a method of intervention in bringing culture to the forefront of development. The paper uses this method in explicating the Konda Reddis’ (Andhra Pradesh state, South India), capacity to aspire through their engagement with the state’s development policy env…
Realigning Dispossession and Negotiating Development
Culture for long has been undermined in development planning by setting it in opposition to future thinking development. Through the concept of cultural ‘capacity to aspire’, Appadurai offers a method of intervention in bringing culture to the forefront of development. The paper uses this method in explicating the Konda Reddis’ (Andhra Pradesh state, South India), capacity to aspire through their engagement with the state’s development policy env…
Millets, Shifting Cultivation and the Adivasis
The year 2023 is celebrated as the International Year of Millets, declared by the United Nation’s General Assembly in March 2021 on the proposal submitted by the Government of India. Millet cultivation and consumption are being championed as the panacea for climate change and a solution for global hunger and nutrition. India’s lead in this connection is to make herself the global hub for millets. The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN r…
Realigning Dispossession and Negotiating Development
Culture for long has been undermined in development planning by setting it in opposition to future thinking development. Through the concept of cultural ‘capacity to aspire’, Appadurai offers a method of intervention in bringing culture to the forefront of development. The paper uses this method in explicating the Konda Reddis’ (Andhra Pradesh state, South India), capacity to aspire through their engagement with the state’s development policy env…
Microfinance and Entrepreneurship
The rapid growth of the microfinance sector has attracted a considerable amount of research claiming controversial results, whereby some support, and others not, the assumption that microfinance can promote income-generating activities (IGAs). This article advocates looking beyond microfinance in making such correlations. It attempts to demonstrate that the livelihood framework can be useful in such assessment. The article proposes this framework…
Video Caravan in Engaging Development
The relation between indigenous people and development agencies is much discussed in anthropology ( Bicker et al., 2004 ; Pottier et al., 2003 ; Sillitoe et al., 2002 ). This relation is more often than not, one of conflict. A conflict that builds from distrust by the people on the development agent and disrespect from the latter on the former. The research on which this article is based addresses this conflict by recording the voice of the Konda…
Millets, Shifting Cultivation and the Adivasis
The year 2023 is celebrated as the International Year of Millets, declared by the United Nation’s General Assembly in March 2021 on the proposal submitted by the Government of India. Millet cultivation and consumption are being championed as the panacea for climate change and a solution for global hunger and nutrition. India’s lead in this connection is to make herself the global hub for millets. The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN r…
Coping with Covid-19
From Outside and Inside”
During one of my conversations on illness and cure with a Konda Reddi 1 elder, he said that illnesses are approached in two frames. In one, the causation comes from inside the Konda Reddi territory, while the other comes from the outside. The treatment for both accordingly comes from the places of their origin. More recently, in 2023, as I reopened this conversation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, it was interesting to …
Sociology (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Cambodian History and Society (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social science (2 works)