Winter

School on

Changing Grounds: Dynamics of Culture and Livelihood

Venue: Room 212, Lecture Hall Complex
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, 110016

Co-ordinators:
Sarbeswar SAHOO (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India)
Peter BERGER (University of Groningen, the Netherlands)
Roland HARDENBERG (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)


Days 9:30 – 11:00am 11:00 – 11:30 – 1:00pm 1:00 – 2:00 – 3:30pm 3:30 – 4:00 – 5:30pm
11:30 am 2:00pm 4:00pm
Welcome by Prof.
Monday Purnima SINGH Roland HARDENBERG Lunch Richa KUMAR Tea Break Presentations of
11 Feb. BERGER/HARDENBERG Shifting Cultivation in Break The Story of Soyabean: proposals by:
2019 SAHOO: Introduction Tea Break South and Southeast Agrarian Transitions in
Peter BERGER Asia Malwa Prakash PRIYADARSHI
Cereals and Culture in Abhinita MOHANTY
Highland Central India Abhik SENGUPTA

Presentations of
Tuesday Frank HEIDEMANN Sarbeswar SAHOO Lunch Richa KUMAR Tea Break proposals by:
12 Feb. From Subsistence Tea Break Migration and Break Millets to Momos:
2019 Farming to Tea Growing Changing Livelihood Nutrition Transitions in Sohini BHATTACHARJEE
Pattern of the Bhils of Uttar Pradesh Bhubaneswar SABAR
Rajasthan Vikas SHARMA


Wednesday Roland HARDENBERG Tea Break Rajeshwari S. RAINA Lunch Frank HEIDEMANN Tea Break Presentations of
13 Feb. Ressource Cultures in Millets and Meanings Break Repatriates: From Tea proposals by:
2019 Conflict: Bauxite and of Agriculture Workers to Homeless
the Holy Mountain Labourers Anjali ASHOKAN
Rajib K. SAHOO


Thursday Tea Break Sharanya NAYAK Lunch Aditya SINGH DEO Presentations of
14 Feb. René CAPPERS The Dying Cultures of Break Seeds and Farming Tea Break proposals by:
2019 Modelling Crop Slection Agriculture Among Systems of Indigenous
Adivasis of South communities of Madhuyrjya M. CHETIA
Odisha Southern Odisha Janmejaya MISHRA

Feedback from Students
Friday René CAPPERS Tea Break Vilas A TONAPI Lunch Future Research
15 Feb. Crop Processing and Impact of Green Break B Venkatesh BHAT Tea Break Concluding Discussion
2019 Food Preparation Revolution on Milliets in India: Past,
Cultivation and Present and Future CHAIR: Peter BERGER
Consumption of Millets and S. SAHOO
in India

Peter BERGER: Associate Professor of Indian Religions and the Anthropology of Religion, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
R.T.J. (René) CAPPERS: Specializes in Plant Ecology and Archaeobotany, Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Roland HARDENBERG: Professor of Anthropology & Director, Frobenius Institute for Research in Cultural Anthropology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
Frank HEIDEMANN: Professor of Anthropology, Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
Rajeswari S. RAINA: Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, India.
Vilas A TONAPI: Director, Indian Instittue of Millets Research, Hyderabad.
B Venkatesh BHAT: Principal Scientist, Indian Instittue of Millets Research, Hyderabad.
Sharanya NAYAK: Odisha Millet Mission.

Aditya SINGH DEO: Odisha Millet Mission.

Dinesh BALAM: Odisha Millet Mission.
Richa KUMAR: Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi.

Sarbeswar SAHOO: Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi.