Roads, responsibilities and the public good: Negotiating the bureaucratic space of road users’ committees
Sigdel, Tulasi Sharan, Elsie Lewison, Katharine Rankin and Lagan Rai. (2019, October 18). “Roads, responsibilities and the public good: Negotiating the bureaucratic space of road users’ committees”. Paper presented at the Annual Conference on South Asia. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
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The complexity of grassroots development practice in Dolakha
Kunwar, Shyam Bahadur and Shanta Thapa. (2076, Baishakh 8 [2019, April 21]). “The complexity of grassroots development practice in Dolakha”. Paper Presented at the Chautari Annual Conference – 2019. Martin Chautari, Thapathali, Kathmandu.
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Experiments with visual story-telling: A graphic novel on road politics
Pigg, Stacy and Shyam Kunwar. (2019, February 11). “Experiments with visual story-telling: A graphic novel on road politics.” Presentation for the Additional Research Seminar, Martin Chautari, Kathmandu.
Ethnographies of infrastructure: Roads, state building and everyday practice in Nepal’s agrarian districts
Papers presented for an organized session entitled “Ethnographies of Infrastructure: Roads, State Building and Everyday Practice in Nepal’s Agrarian Districts.”
Rai, Lagan. (2018, July 25). “Rural roads matters: Debate and practice of road building in the Eastern plains of Nepal.” Paper presented at The Seventh Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya, Kathmandu.
Kunwar, Shyam. (2018, July 25). “The Politics of the road: Ethnography of Charikot-Singati-Lamabager road of Dolakha, Central Nepal.” Paper presented at The Seventh Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya, Kathmandu.
Rankin, Katharine, Pushpa Hamal, Elsie Lewison and Tulasi Sharan Sigdel. (2018, July 25). “Corruption, road building and the politics of social science research in post-conflict Nepal.” Paper presented at The Seventh Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya, Kathmandu.
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The politics of road development: A comparative study of Charikot-Singati-Lamabager road in Central Nepal and Bhalubang-Pyuthan road in Western Nepal
Kunwar, Shyam. (2017, November 10). “The politics of road development: A comparative study of Charikot-Singati-Lamabager road in Central Nepal and Bhalubang-Pyuthan Road in Western Nepal.” Paper presented at the 2nd Roadology Workshop, Institute for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen.
Rural roads matters: Debate and practice of road building in the plains of Morang District
Rai, Lagan. (2017, September 10). “Rural roads matters: Debate and practice of road building in the plains of Morang District.” Paper for presentation at the Anthropology of Tarai Madhesh Departmental Conference, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur.
Rai, Lagan. (2017, November 10). “Rural roads matters: Debate and practice of road building in the Eastern Plains of Nepal.” Paper presented at the 2nd Roadology Workshop, Institute for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen.
Corruption and transnational rationalities of roads: Insights for a theory-practice dialogue
Rankin, Katharine and Elsie Lewison. (2017, September 21). “Corruption and transnational rationalities of roads: Insights for a theory-practice dialogue.” Paper presentation at Urban Research Across the Theory-Practice Divide: Modes of Dialogue and/or Disengagement, HafenCity University Hamburg (HCU), Hamburg.
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Transnational rationalities of roads: Foreign aid and transportation infrastructure development in Nepal
Lewison, Elsie & Rankin, Katharine. (2017, September 3). “Transnational rationalities of roads: Foreign aid and transportation infrastructure development in Nepal.” Paper presented at Himalayan Studies Conference V, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
This paper was part of a session entitled “Roads, spatial histories, and politics of practice in the Himalaya-Karakoram-Hindu Kush” organized by Bhoomika Joshi and Galen Murton.
Resistance and negotiation: An ethnographic reflection on Jhimruk Hydropower Project (JHP), Western Nepal
Kunwar, Shyam. (2074, Baishakh 11). “Resistance and negotiation: An ethnographic reflection on Jhimruk Hydropower Project (JHP), Western Nepal.” Paper presented at the Chautari Annual Conference, Martin Chautari, Kathmandu.
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Transnational rationalities of roads: Foreign aid and transportation infrastructure development in Nepal
Rankin, Katharine & Elsie Lewison. (2017, April 7). “Transnational rationalities of roads: Foreign aid and transportation infrastructure development in Nepal.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boston, Massachusetts.
This paper was part of a session entitled “Geographies of infrastructure, state-making and political subjectivity” organized by Dinesh Paudel, Katharine Rankin and Elsie Lewison.
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Political economies and political rationalities of road building in Nepal: Notes from the archives
Sigdel, Tulasi. (2017 February 9). “Political economies and political rationalities of road building in Nepal: Notes from the archives.” Invited paper for the Asian Institute PhD Seminar Series, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
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The road: An ethnography of Bhalubang-Pyuthan road of Western Nepal
Kunwar, Shyam. (2073, Poush 2). “The road: An ethnography of Bhalubang-Pyuthan Road of Western Nepal.” Paper presented at The Second Annual Nepal Anthropology Conference, Local Development Training Academy, Lalitpur.
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How and why should we study roads in Nepal
Rankin, Katharine & Tulasi S. Sigdel. (2015, August 4). “How and why should we study roads in Nepal.” Invited lecture at Nepal Administrative Staff College, Kathmandu.
Rankin, Katharine. (2015, August 2). “How and why should we study roads in Nepal?” Invited lecture at Martin Chautari, Kathmandu.
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Interrogating infrastructure
Rankin, Katharine. (2015, July 25). “Interrogating infrastructure.” Invited lecture at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.
Rural road construction: Why and how should we study it in Nepal?
Rankin, Katharine and Pushpa Hamal. (2014, October). “Rural road construction: Why and how should we study it in Nepal?” Paper presented at the Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
Roads, markets and aspiration in the Nepali Karnali
Lewison, Elsie and Jeffery Masse. (2014, October). “Apple cart before the horse: Roads, markets and aspiration in the Nepali Karnali.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
These papers were part of a session entitled “Interrogating Infrastructure 2.0: Roads and the politics of development in the Himalaya.”
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What brings the road and what does the road bring?
Hamal, Pushpa, Katharine Rankin and Tulasi S. Sigdel. (2014, March). “What brings the road and what does the road bring? Local governance, subjectivity and cultural politics in ‘post-conflict’ Nepal.” Paper presented at the Himalayan Studies Conference at Yale University, New Haven, CT.
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