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Knowledge and Capacity Building Initiative – Summer 2012
Public Group active 1 week, 5 days agoThe India China Knowledge and Capacity Building Initiative is a unique partnership between the University of Calcutta, Yunnan University in Kunming, and The New School in New York—three universities with a shared commitment to advancing scholarship and curriculum innovation. Supported by a multi-year grant from the Ford Foundation, faculty members from each country collaborate on designing and teaching graduate-level courses on “India-China Interactions” that emphasize critical perspectives on historical and contemporary India and China.
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Sofya Omelchenko uploaded the file: Understanding Violence Against Women in Kunming and Kolkata to
Knowledge and Capacity Building Initiative – Summer 2012 7 months, 4 weeks agoIndia and China, two patriarchal nation states with considerable histories are currently the center of international attention due to the rapid economic expansions they have been enjoying over the past two decades. The question of just how much said economic development
contributes to the development of their citizens, especially the development…[Read more] -
Sofya Omelchenko uploaded the file: Darjeel ing Tea & Wi ld Yunnan Mushrooms: production, perceptions and valuation to
Knowledge and Capacity Building Initiative – Summer 2012 7 months, 4 weeks agoFood lies at the intersection of ecology and economy. This project addresses that intersection. It is set in two very unique ecologies, Northwest Yunnan Province, China, and Darjeeling, India. The crops in question, wild Yunnan mushrooms (WYM) and Darjeeling tea (DJT) are highly idiosyncratic and intrinsic to the ecosystem and culture they are a…[Read more]
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Sofya Omelchenko uploaded the file: Urbanization and the Changing Dynamics of House Ownership to
Knowledge and Capacity Building Initiative – Summer 2012 7 months, 4 weeks agoAbstract: A direct result of Urbanization, housing demand and thus house ownership provides one with an important lens to study this growing phenomenon. This paper
documents preliminary exploratory international research, using qualitative research methods, conducted over two months, in two vital and booming cities, Kunming, China and Kolkata,…[Read more] -
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Sofya Omelchenko uploaded the file: Hope, Uncertainty and Need: The Experience of Urbanization amongst Kunming and Kolkata’s Migrants to
Knowledge and Capacity Building Initiative – Summer 2012 7 months, 4 weeks agoThis project aims to explore the way urbanization (particularly rural to urban migration) plays out in the lives of people living in urban villages and slums in two major Asian cities: Kunming and Kolkata. In order to do this we employ surveys interviews and participant observation. In doing so we were able to help paint a larger picture of…[Read more]
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Sofya Omelchenko uploaded the file: Carving out a Future: A Comparative Case Study of Career Aspirations among University Students in Kunming and Kolkata to
Knowledge and Capacity Building Initiative – Summer 2012 7 months, 4 weeks agoMaría Teresa Alzuru
The New School
[email protected]Suman Chakraborty
University of Calcutta
[email protected]Zhang Jiao
Yunnan University
[email protected]Paper presented at India China Knowledge and Capacity Building Initiative
Final Symposium – Kolkata, India
August 18, 2012