Claiming Water: Building Dams and Subjects in British India
When:
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:30 PM
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1:45 PM
Where:
341 Eggers Hall
Description:
Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
South Asia Center presents
Radha Kumar, Assistant Professor of History, Syracuse University
Claiming Water: Building Dams and Subjects in British India
The 1930s construction of the Mettur Dam across the River
Kaveri in southern India was a technocratic achievement for the colonial
government. But it was also a financial venture expected to yield
reliable returns in the form of increased water-rates. This talk examines how
the construction of the dam entailed the construction of the ideal
water-consuming subject – the paddy farmer who sold to a global market, while
marginalizing other users of the river.
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