India’s energy future: Contested narratives of change

the future of contested strategic competitions in the indian ocean

the future of contested strategic competitions in the indian ocean the indian ocean has received new attention in recent years because of its economic and strategic importance. the region is seen as a theatre for great power rivalries mainly between the united states, china, and india. in this regard, this paper assesses how the indian ocean region is coping with the challenges of global powers...

Contested Affordance of a Corporate Change Programme Dr

Introduction This paper addresses three phenomena of interest to organizational scholars and practitioners: corporate change programmes; new forms of organising; and knowledge processes in and around organisations. It does so using a case study of the Leicester Royal Infirmary, a large UK NHS teaching hospital, that gained the status of innovator in its sector through the introduction of a reen...

Epidemics and the politics of knowledge: contested narratives in Egypt's H1N1 response.

This article explores the politics of knowledge involved in understanding and responding to epidemics in an era of global health governance and biosecurity. It develops and applies an approach focused on how multiple, competing narratives about epidemics are constructed, mobilized and interact, and selectively justify pathways of intervention and response. A detailed ethnographic case study of ...

Conceptualising ” Contested Development ” – from grand narratives to the nitty - gritty of the everyday

Design Disruption in Contested, Contingent and Contradictory Future-Making

This paper aims to problematise how we step into situations that are often contested, contingent and contradictory. In this context, how can we sharpen our sensitivity to the role design plays in generating understanding and future-making possibilities? Here, we employ the term disruption as a way to question our own knowledge construction and research practices in design anthropology and parti...