This article looks at subjectivities and regimes of homing from a position of liminality and questions the placements dynamics displayed by Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu, India. Based on long-term and longitudinal fieldwork conducted in Keezhputhupattu refugee camp near Pondicherry between 2010 and 2023, this study analyses the experience...
Cooking stove technologies are crucial for meeting household energy needs, yet many lack access to clean solutions, leading to Household Air Pollution (HAP) and associated health risks. There is an urgent need to understand and mitigate environmental and health challenges posed by traditional stoves burning solid fuels like fuelwood. This thesis ex...
This thesis examines various aspects of household indebtedness in a rural area of Tamil Nadu, South India. The main objective is twofold. The first is to analyse the effect of household financial vulnerability on labour supply, with particular attention to the measurement of financial vulnerability. The second is to analyse indebtedness at the indi...
Anne Viguier, enseignante à l’Inalco au sein du département Asie du Sud-Himalaya et chercheuse au CESSMA, nous accorde un entretien consacré à son domaine de recherche, l’histoire contemporaine de l’Inde. Elle présente les particularités de son terrain de recherche, l’Inde du Sud, qu’elle a d’abord étudié à travers le prisme du monde urbain et de s...
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science
Coastal waters are dynamic because of anthropogenic activities that contribute nutrients and contaminants. These changes have the potential to alter patterns of primary production and thus pelagic food webs. Here, we investigated the spatial variation of the phytoplankton community and its response to changing environmental variables at 84 stations...
Published in Journal of Social and Economic Development
The pandemic and the long closure of educational institutions have changed the learning and teaching practices across the globe. A massive and unplanned shift towards online education with unequal access to digital infrastructure deepens the existing digital divide and socio-economic inequalities. Tamil Nadu Covid Pulse Survey shows the state’s com...
Published in GeoJournal
COVID-19 is a pandemic disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The study area, Tamilnadu, is a southern state in India. The present study demonstrates the significance of mapping in identifying the risk zones of COVID-19 disease by taking a study of COVID-19 cases in Tamilnadu state. The main objective of th...
Giant wooden cargo ships that braved the oceans for thousands of years are still being made in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Even as metal motorised ships became the norm, some shoreline communities in South India continue to craft these wooden cargo ships. In a successful blend of reason, creativity and persistent hard work the communities...
A partir de l’étude de deux filières artisanales, la pêche et la poterie, telles qu’elles se déploient dans la biorégion de Pondichéry (Inde du Sud), ce mémoire de recherche propose des pistes de réflexion sur les enjeux de l’activité artisanale dans la période contemporaine : du point de vue économique ce domaine d’activité, large et hétérogène, e...
La poésie tamoule dite du Sangam, vieille de deux millénaires, est souvent qualifiée de « poésie du paysage ». Elle pourrait être ainsi comparée à la poésie chinoise du shanshui, qui lui est un peu postérieure (4ème siècle après J.C.). Dans quelle mesure les poètes indiens de l'époque portaient-ils une réelle attention au paysage ? Se pourrait-il q...
