Disability Studies in India Interdisciplinary Perspectives
This book examines the state of art in disability studies, focusing on the Indian context, as well as the broader South Asian situation. It presents interdisciplinary perspectives on the basic idea, evolution, practices and challenges of researching and t
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Disability Studies in India Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Disability Studies in India
Nilika Mehrotra Editor
Disability Studies in India Interdisciplinary Perspectives
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Editor Nilika Mehrotra Centre for the Study of Social Systems Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi, Delhi, India
ISBN 978-981-15-2615-2 ISBN 978-981-15-2616-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2616-9
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Preface
This book volume has been in the making for the past five years. The conference titled “Disability study in India: Reflections on Future” was organised at Centre for the Study of Social Systems, JNU, in February 2015 to take stock of how Disability Studies (DS) perspectives inform the assumptions, theory and practice in different disciplinary contexts. The idea was that the conference would initiate interdisciplinary dialogues on the meanings and dynamics of disability studies in India, its origins and what shape it is taking in diverse higher educational institutions (HEIs) in India. A handful of scholars have been working in different disciplines of social sciences and humanities using disability studies perspectives. Meetings and conferences have been organised on a regular basis especially since Indian state became signatory to United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in 2007 galvanising bureaucrats, activists and academics. This volume is a product of compilation of the papers presented in the conference and few newly invited ones. My research work “Disability Studies in United States and India: Issues in institutionalisation” funded by Fulbri
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