*Centre for Advanced Studies* *Centre for the Study of Social Systems*
*Weekly Seminar * * * * * *Title:* Philanthropy and Disability in South India: Nuancing the ‘charity model’ * * * **Speaker: * *Dr. James Staples* *(Brunel University, Anthropology, UK, &* *Visiting Fellow/CAS/CSS/SSS/JNU)* *Date & Time:* *29th July 2013 (Monday), 11.00 a.m. * *Venue: * CSSS Committee Room, SSS-II *Abstract: *Drawing on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in Hyderabad, South India, this article explores the relationship between charity and disability. Despite a stereotype of philanthropic aid as reproductive of existing power structures or symptomatic of state failures to eliminate poverty, closer investigation exposes a more multi-layered picture. Disjunctures in donor and recipient perspectives on charity are shown to create spaces in which recipients might challenge the very characterisations that allow them access to aid in the first place, revealing both the potential and the limitations of charitable aid to bring about social change for disabled people. . *All are cordially invited* Regards Pragya Deora Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
