Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt

Domaine de recherche

Asie du Sud

Pays de résidence

L'Australie

Titre

Fellow, Resource Management in Asia Pacific Program

Affiliation

Australian National University

Adresse électronique

kuntala.lahiri-dutt@anu.edu.au

Adresse

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
The Australian National University
ACT 0200, Canberra AUSTRALIA

Téléphone/Télécopie

phones: 61/2-6125-4343 (office)
61/4-0915-8145 (mobile)
fax: 61/2-6125-1635

Site de web

http://rspas.anu.edu.au/people/personal/lahik_rmap.php ; http://home.netspeed.com.au/kuntala.david

Pays de spécialisation

India, Bangladesh

Recherche

Current research focus is on community initiatives and development in mining and water sectors, and for this, I often use a gender lens to look into the heterogeneities within the broad community.

My work focuses primarily on South Asia; for example, I am undertaking
research on the social impacts of coal mining in India. In my view, the
brunt of social changes in mining areas is often borne by women in rural
and peasant communities. I also have an ARC-funded linkage grant studying
the interface between large-scale mining and the community with emphasis
on community empowerment in East Kalimantan. This project stems from my
belief that community development by mining companies must include the
specific objective of women's empowerment.

Another exciting theme that I am currently exploring is that of
livelihoods in artisanal, small-scale, and at times illegal mining. For
more on ASM see http://www.asmasiapacific.org

An interest of mine, no less stimulating than any of the above, is
rickshaw art of Dhaka, Bangladesh (see http://home.netspeed.com.au/kuntala.david).

Publications

None on file.

Mots-clés

mining ; water ; gender ; Kalimantan ; rickshaw art ; Dhaka ; Bangladesh.