Redefining sustainable development: Co-creation of knowledge with the Bharia A senior Bharia woman resting in front of her house in Rathed, a village in Patalkot The capitalist development has severely strained people’s livelihoods and relationships with the environment. Knowledge from non-capitalist premises can fruitfully enhance […]
Education, margins and city: Examining the linkages through an ethnographic exploration Children’s voices from the margins Sustainable futures depend on, and call for education that is committed to transformation, empowerment, progress, and growth. These aspired ideals of education are constantly under the pressure of utilitarianism […]
Learning, livelihoods and possibilities of socially just pedagogy A workshop in Sangli Our research and action-led engagements primarily focus on the ways in which students in smaller towns move between education and employment. We document the shifting landscapes of education and skills in the south […]
Facing Caste: Engaging with the Privileged Facing caste: A research project The caste system in India and the structural inequalities perpetuated by casteism are a grave challenge to creating a just society. The problem is exacerbated because the education system which includes the library and […]
Interrogating what reproduces a teacher Teachers at work educating, agitating, organizing Within a highly stratified society and education system, where the reality of ‘a teacher’ is informed – at once – both by historical domination by a specific caste and the contemporary reality of feminisation […]
Mapping educational innovations for social and ecological justice Learning for life_ Education as transformational journeys This research project will map two educational interventions with an explicit commitment to social justice- Baduku Center for Livelihood Learning and Visthaar- A Non Formal Academy for Peace and Justice. […]
No space for some: Transgender and non-binary persons’ access to higher education in science in India No space for some: Transgender, gender non-conforming and gender non-binary persons access to higher education in science in India In recent years, the Indian education landscape in general and […]
‘Hum Hindustani’: The Indian child citizen in school and the world Hum Hindustani uses art and writing to explore how children understand citizenship This research project explores the idea of the child citizen as produced in school education along with the everyday lived realities of […]
Exploring Education’s Role in Sustainable Urbanisation through PUKAR’s Youth Fellowship Program Building team spirit among Youth Fellows and facilitators from the 2018-2019 batch in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai Dalit-Bahujan and Adivasi intellectuals, including Dr Abhay Xaxa, have critiqued the manner in which the largely upper caste […]
Benefits and Challenges of Using Dialogue-based Pedagogy For The Gender Education of Pre-Service Teachers Hearing each other, seeing together, thinking together and acting together. Developing spaces for dialogue through theatre of the oppressed Gender-just classrooms are inevitable for realising a gender-just society. Social norms such […]