Abstract The paper attempts to understand the relation between pastoral cultures and irrigation-based intensive farming regimes promoted by modern development represented Indira Gandhi Canal (IGNP) in western Rajasthan. Participant observation practice engagement with communities over past three decades give an opportunity reflect on epistemic rationality that constitutes discourse of developme...

Abstract Archaeological practice is increasingly enacted within pervasive and invisible digital infrastructures, tools, services that affect how participants engage in learning fieldwork, evidence, knowledge, expertise are produced. This article discusses the collective imaginings regarding present future of archaeological held by researchers working two projects Eastern Mediterranean, who have...

‘Smart’ imaginaries have been enthusiastically embraced by urban planners and policymakers around the world. Indians are no exception. Between 2015–2018, following national government guidelines to use participatory inclusive processes, many cities developed proposals for a smart city challenge. Successful received financial technical support from government. We examine making of proposal submi...

Purpose This paper aims to examine the antagonistic coexistence of different tourism imaginaries in global post-viral social landscapes. Such antagonisms may be resolved at expense ethics mobility, if not adjudicated by post-human reflexivity. Currently, unreflexive behaviours involve refusal conform lifesaving “stay-at-home” policies, tendency book holidays and public inspection death zones. D...

Boris Johnson’s electoral victory and the 2020 culmination of Brexit are accelerating Britain’s shift towards right open criticism technocracy in UK EU. Since 2016 UK’s political atmosphere has polarised into hostile extremes. The continuation this toxicity beyond Brexit, dominance nationalist narratives as new ‘politics everything’ (Valluvan 2019). While Conservative Party remains traditionall...