National Seminar On Locations of Caste?- Mumbai, India

UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI

Dr. AMBEDKAR CENTRE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

NATIONAL SEMINAR

on

LOCATIONS OF CASTE:

Social Memory and Social Change in Contemporary India

Venue: J P NAIK BHAVAN, ICSSR Western Regional Centre

FEBRUARY 20-22, 2012

DAY ONE: Monday, February 20, 2012

INAUGURAL SESSION : 10.00 a.m-11.15 a.m.

Welcome: Dr. Surendra Jondhale, Professor & Co-ordinator, Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Social Justice

Keynote Address: Prof. Uma Chakravarti, University of Delhi

Vote of Thanks

TEA BREAK: 11.15-11.30 a.m.

SESSION ONE :-- THEORISING CASTE: 11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Gail Omvedt

1. Dr. Braj Ranjan Mani: Caste and Knowledge
2. Dr. G Aloysius: Caste and Social Sciences
3. Dr. Murzban Jal: The Silent Counter-Revolution

LUNCH BREAK: 1.00-2.00 p.m.

SESSION TWO:-- CASTE, GENDER & EMANCIPATION: 2.00-3.30 p.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Uma Chakravarti

1. Dr. Padma Velaskar: Dr. Ambedkar’s Emancipation Discourse on Gender
2. Dr. Rudolf Heredia: Caste Hierarchy, Feudal Patriarchy: Reservations for Women
3. Dr. Wandana Sonalkar: Footloose Development, Segregated Settlement: Caste in

Formation of Urban Communities

TEA BREAK: 3.30-3.45 p.m.

SESSION THREE:-- CASTE IN HISTORY (a): 3.45-5.00 p.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Aravind Ganachari

1. Dr. Sadanand More: Caste in Bhakti Literature
2. Dr. Bharat Patankar: Caste and Exploitation in Indian History

DAY TWO: Tuesday, February 21, 2012

SESSION FOUR:-- CASTE IN HISTORY (b): 10.00-11.00 a.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Bharat Patankar

1. Dr. Kancha Illaiah: Colonialism, Caste and Counter-Culture
2. Dr. Umesh Bagade: Matanga Purana and Caste Consciousness

TEA BREAK: 11.00-11.15 a.m.

SESSION FIVE:-- EXPERIENCING CASTE: 11.15 a.m.-1.00 p.m.

Chairperson: Prof. Zaheer Ali

1. Dr. Gopal Guru: Where is My Location in Caste Question?
2. Dr. Ramesh Kamble: Locating & Memorializing Caste: The everyday ‘habitus’ of caste
3. Dr. Gautam Gawli: Psychosocial Aspects of Social Memory of Caste

LUNCH BREAK: 1.00-2.00 p.m.

SESSION SIX:-- CASTE & REPRESENTATION: 2.00-3.30 p.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Ramaiah

1. Dr. Badri Narayan: Dalit Identity Formation in North India
2. Dr. C Lakshmanan: Caste Portrayals in Tamil Popular Cinema
3. Dr. Ramesh Bairy T. S.: Studying the Brahmins: A Framework

TEA BREAK: 3.30-3.45 p.m.

SESSION SEVEN:-- RURAL-URBAN DALIT MOBILIZATIONS: 3.45-5.30 p.m.

Chairperson: Shri. Mahesh Gavaskar

1. Prof. S Anandi: Dedicating Dalit Women: Gender, caste & cultural politics of development

Activism in Rural Tamil Nadu

2. Dr. Edward Rodrigues: Dalit Assertion and Urbanism: Two contrasting modes of dalit mobili-

sation in Bombay/Mumbai

3. Dr. Suryakant Waghmore: Caste Atrocities and Dalit Movement in Maharashtra: A study of

political inclusion/exclusion of dalits

DAY THREE: Tuesday, February 22, 2012

SESSION EIGHT: CHANGING SOCIAL STRUCTURE: CASTE & TRIBE: 9.30-11a.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Sudhakar Gaikwad

1. Dr. P. G. Jogdand: Caste System in Changing Times
2. Dr. B. S. Waghmare : Emergence of Dalit Middle Class in Globalising India
3. Dr. Sanjay Kolekar: Interplay of Caste & Tribe: Case of Maharashtra

TEA BREAK: 11.00-11.15 a.m.

SESSION NINE: ECONOMY THROUGH CASTE PRISM: 11.15 a.m.- 1.00 p.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Ramesh Kamble

1. Dr. Ramesh Dandge: Caste-based Occupational Discrimination & Their Implications
2. Dr. Pradeep Shinde: Caste & Informal Sector
3. Dr. Shailesh Darokar: Caste & Stigma: Scavengers & the Others

LUNCH BREAK: 1.00-2.00 p.m.

SESSION TEN: ANTHROPOLOGY OF CASTE IN RURAL M’SHTRA:2.00-3.00 p.m.

Chairperson: Dr. Gopal Guru

1. Dr. Lee Schlesinger: Caste & Colour: Casual village conversations, visible contrast & diverse

classifications

2. Dr. Girija Godbole: Everyday Life of Rural Dalit Women in Maval Tehsil, Pune

TEA BREAK: 3.00-3.15 p.m.

SESSION ELEVEN: POLITICS OF CASTE: 3.15-4.45 p.m.

Chairperson: S Anandi

1. Dr. Gail Omvedt: Caste & Politics with regard to Anna Hazare
2. Dr. Yeshwant Sumant: Idea of Justice in the Caste Debate
3. Dr. Anand Teltumbde: How Anti-Caste are Caste-based Mobilizations?

VALEDICTORY SESSION

Chair: Dr. Uma Chakravarti

Dr. Gail Omvedt: In Response to Felicitation