A Contemporary Archaeology of Post-Displacement Resettlement
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978-1-032-16116-7 (ISBN)
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Interweaving material analysis with oral history collection and archival sources, this book considers how Delhi’s Partition refugees have interacted with the city's built landscapes through time. It demonstrates how government-built refugee colonies, influenced by both socialist and capitalist design philosophies, provided an effective and adaptable setting for resettlement. In contrast, it illustrates how Delhi’s pre-Partition landscapes—including ‘evacuee properties’ vacated by out-migrating Muslims and sections of the planned, colonial capital—have proven more problematic venues for rehousing. In these contexts, refugee families navigated life within homes shaped by past occupants and colonial-era wealth disparities. The book highlights that despite such difficulties and the unprecedented scale of Partition’s impact on Delhi, refugees have obtained an impressive degree of material success and social acceptance in the city. This example challenges assumptions about the aid-dependency of refugee communities, the potential effectiveness of public housing, and the mutability of national belonging.
This interdisciplinary case study will be of interest to scholars in varied fields of study, including archaeology, architectural history, cultural anthropology, human geography, and South Asian studies.
Erin P. Riggs is an assistant professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a contemporary and historical archaeologist, and her research interests include welfare state initiatives, material culture, built landscapes, national belonging, and displacement in the recent past.
1. A City of Refugees; Section 1: Built Landscapes of Resettlement; 2. The Reuse of a Colonial Capital as Refugee Resource; 3. The Government Refugee Colony and Dreams of Egalitarianism-cum-Enterprise; Section 2: People's Perceptions of Place; 4. Refugees and Evacuee Properties: Mitigating Memories and Meanings in Reused Out-Migrant Homes; 5. Refugees and Government Colonies: Exercising Autonomy in Allotted Space; 6. Those Who Build Nations: Belonging as Lived and Malleable
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.05.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Archaeologies of the Contemporary World |
| Zusatzinfo | 105 Halftones, black and white; 105 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 650 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-16116-7 / 1032161167 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-16116-7 / 9781032161167 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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