Suman Nath
Dr. Suman Nath delivers courses in social-cultural anthropology at Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Government College, Kolkata, India. He is theorising political changeover through multi-sited participatory ethnographic research for over a decade now. Apart from academic writing he runs an internationally recognised academic blog and writes popular articles regularly.
Biography
Dr. Suman Nath teaches social-cultural anthropology. He is specialized in long-term ethnographic research conducted in different villages in India. He began his academic career as a Research Associate in Indian Institute of Management Calcutta before assuming his present position as an Assistant Professor. He taught anthropology in Haldia Government College, for six and half years in the port city of Haldia and delivered courses in the Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta.Suman has gathered expertise in both rural and urban settings on cultural factors in development governance and does socio-economic and cognitive surveys with a focus on social needs and impact assessment in areas such as health, poverty alleviation, participatory water management and local governance. He is interested in assessment of cultural constructs, community involvement, and institutional arrangements for partnership building activities.
Education
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PhD, Anthropology, University of Calcutta and IIMC, Kolkata
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Politics and Resource Management, Local Governance, Policy Research, Power
Personal Interests
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Photography, Blogging, Traveling, Pets, Bird watching
Books
News
Interview by Dr. Raj Balkaran, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
By: Suman Nath
Suman Nath's
book Democracy and Social Cleavage in India: Ethnography
of Riots, Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal
(2012-2021) (Routledge, 2022) explores the emergence of
identity politics and violence at the forefront of political life
in an Indian state. Through a close reading of everyday politics in
West Bengal, India, which until recently boasted of the
longest-serving elected communist government in the world, the
volume presents unique observations on Indian politics and its
trajectories.
Raj Balkaran is a scholar, online educator, and life coach.
Urls: https://play.acast.com/s/newbooksinanthropology/665213e6-dec1-11ec-ae8a-377dd51ece22
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Videos
Published: Aug 19, 2022
Looking at the sedimentation process of theorisation of the state politics. Deconstructing the structural theories. Reasoning why the popular is popular
Published: Nov 09, 2019
This is a public lecture delivered on invitation from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata. It outlines some of the dynamics of West Bengal Politics in recent past.