Animal geographies
(2013)
Book Chapter
Lorimer, J., & Srinivasan, K. (2013). Animal geographies. In N. Johnson, R. Schein, & J. Winders (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell companion to cultural geography (332-342). Wiley
Outputs (6)
The biopolitics of animal being and welfare: dog control and care in the UK and India (2013)
Journal Article
Srinivasan, K. (2013). The biopolitics of animal being and welfare: dog control and care in the UK and India. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 38(1), 106-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2012.00501.xThe UK is widely regarded as a nation committed to animal welfare. On the other hand, the precarious lives of India’s stray dogs have attracted a considerable amount of international animal activist attention, and raised questions about the nation’s... Read More about The biopolitics of animal being and welfare: dog control and care in the UK and India.
The social science imagination in India: Deconstructing boundaries and redefining limits (2010)
Journal Article
Srinivasan, K. (2010). The social science imagination in India: Deconstructing boundaries and redefining limitsThe social sciences have played a significant role in challenging and politicising various forms of exploitation. However, Indian social science discourse has largely ignored the exploitation that is inherent in most human–non-human relationships and... Read More about The social science imagination in India: Deconstructing boundaries and redefining limits.
Deconstructing the human gaze: Stray dogs, indifferent governance and prejudiced reactions (2007)
Journal Article
Srinivasan, K., & Nagaraj, V. (2007). Deconstructing the human gaze: Stray dogs, indifferent governance and prejudiced reactions. Economic and political weekly, 42(13), 1085-1086Rather than implement animal birth control through sterilisation and adhere to the rules of solid waste management, the municipal authority in Bangalore recently launched a programme to kill all stray dogs. This is only an eyewash, meant to placate c... Read More about Deconstructing the human gaze: Stray dogs, indifferent governance and prejudiced reactions.
The state and civil society in disaster response: Post-tsunami experiences in Tamil Nadu, (2006)
Journal Article
Srinivasan, K., & Nagaraj, V. (2006). The state and civil society in disaster response: Post-tsunami experiences in Tamil Nadu,. Journal of social work in disability & rehabilitation, 5(3/4), 57-80. https://doi.org/10.1300/j198v05n03_04This paper, based on the report “The State and Civil Society in Disaster Response: An Analysis of the Tamil Nadu Tsunami Experience,” (Srinivasan, Nagaraj, & Venkatesh, 2005) is essentially an empirical analysis of state and civil society responses i... Read More about The state and civil society in disaster response: Post-tsunami experiences in Tamil Nadu,.
Public, private and voluntary agencies in solid waste management: A study in Chennai city (2006)
Journal Article
Srinivasan, K. (2006). Public, private and voluntary agencies in solid waste management: A study in Chennai city. Economic and political weekly, 41(22), 2259-2268This paper explores equity, accountability and environmental concerns in solid waste management in Chennai city. Through the study of the urban local body, a private agency and a civil society organisation engaged in this activity, the paper highligh... Read More about Public, private and voluntary agencies in solid waste management: A study in Chennai city.