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25Jan

Ground Down by Growth: tribe, caste, class and inequality in 21st century India

Hosted by the International Inequalities Institute and Department of Anthropology
Old Theatre, Old Building
Thursday 25 Jan 2018 6.30pm - 8pm

Our panel examines how economic growth in India entrenches social difference of tribe, caste and class and has transformed identity-based discrimination into new forms of exploitation and oppression.

Philippe Bourgois is Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles.

Jens Lerche (@JensLerche) is Reader in Labour and Agrarian Studies, SOAS.

Alpa Shah (@alpashah001) is Associate Professor (Reader), Department of Anthropology, LSE.

Katy Gardner is Head of Department of Anthropology, LSE.

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