Frontiers of Nature, Frontiers of Nature, Work and Gender: Work and Gender: Jamshedpur 1900-1950Jamshedpur 1900-1950

Hybrid Geographers and Hybrid Geographers and KangaroosKangaroos

„„The seal, indeed, The seal, indeed, seemed to be much the seemed to be much the most discerning animal most discerning animal of the two; for its of the two; for its actions bespoke a actions bespoke a knowledge of our not knowledge of our not being kanguroos, being kanguroos, whereas the kanguroo whereas the kanguroo not unfrequently not unfrequently appeared to consider appeared to consider us to be seals.us to be seals.””

Transcription of the JournaTranscription of the Journal of Matthew Flinders"l of Matthew Flinders"

. State Library of South . State Library of South Australia. pp.168 (21 Australia. pp.168 (21 March 1802). March 1802). http://www.slsa.sa.gov.auhttp://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/encounter/collection/ocr/encounter/collection/ocr_text/B12985211_263.htm_text/B12985211_263.htm retrieved on 31-10-2011 retrieved on 31-10-2011

Kangaroo as national Kangaroo as national symbolsymbol

Kangaroo as pest Kangaroo as pest animal: governing animal: governing numbersnumbers

(Post)Colonial culture (Post)Colonial culture of shooting kangaroo of shooting kangaroo

Kangaroo as commodity: Kangaroo as commodity: skin meat, trade skin meat, trade

Animal as subalternAnimal as subaltern

Existing literature: Existing literature: History and Ecology: Impact of History and Ecology: Impact of environment on efforts to manage and environment on efforts to manage and transform nature (V.Damodaran, M. transform nature (V.Damodaran, M. Redclift,Tim Ingold)Redclift,Tim Ingold)

‘‘Sanitary city, moral city, social Sanitary city, moral city, social city’ (Patrick Joyce)city’ (Patrick Joyce)

Gender and coolie as new labour Gender and coolie as new labour history (Radha Kumar, C. Joshi, S. history (Radha Kumar, C. Joshi, S. Sen, P. Mohapatra, G. Balachandran) Sen, P. Mohapatra, G. Balachandran)

My project: synthesis through My project: synthesis through small/insignificant sitessmall/insignificant sites

Linking ecology, gender and governance at an industrial site

Small voices and juncturesSmall voices and junctures Living, virtual and Living, virtual and dead non-human bodies:dead non-human bodies: Dogs, cows, horsesDogs, cows, horses BirdsBirds MosquitosMosquitos TreesTrees

Market vendorsMarket vendorsWorkers (Yes!)Workers (Yes!)Expert ‘outsiders’Expert ‘outsiders’Built environmentBuilt environment

Planning and Planning and surveying Sakchi surveying Sakchi 1918-191918-19

Crisis, Crisis, reorganization reorganization and protest: and protest: 1928-311928-31

Flux: 1939-1946Flux: 1939-1946

Site 1:Frontiers of Site 1:Frontiers of Nature - Nature as Nature - Nature as cultureculture

‘‘Discovery’: landscapesDiscovery’: landscapes Technical skillsTechnical skills MarketMarket Pollution Pollution Human and animal bodiesHuman and animal bodies

Site 2: Frontiers of Work Site 2: Frontiers of Work and Governance – Culture and Governance – Culture of caloriesof calories

Food, efficiency, time and work processFood, efficiency, time and work process Food in (post)colonial control, Food in (post)colonial control, imagination and development imagination and development

Food and re-enactment of biological and Food and re-enactment of biological and social dividessocial divides

Site 3: Frontiers of Site 3: Frontiers of Gender – Governing Gender – Governing anxieties anxieties Visibility of motherhoodVisibility of motherhood Female critics of TISCO welfare Female critics of TISCO welfare Coolie and other female bodies Coolie and other female bodies in the cityin the city

Labour History+Hybrid Geography= Human Ecology