The Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Department of Environmental Studies are delighted to invite you to a 'Book Talk' session by Prof Mitul Baruah where he will be in conversation with Prof Amita Baviskar, Prof Farhana Sultana, Prof Rohan D'Souza, and Prof Mahesh Rangarajan, discussing the new book "Slow Disaster Political Ecology of Hazards and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam".

Title: Slow Disaster Political Ecology of Hazards and Everyday Life in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91472377748?pwd=OE03VkRTRldUbjJQbmVqYXJmS2dDZz09

Date: 10th Feb 2023

Time: 7:30 PM Onwards (IST)

Abstract: Slow Disaster is a story of the transformations of the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, caused by (un)natural disasters. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Majuli river island, the book engages with three interrelated issues — the role of the state in the production of hazardscape, the impact of disaster on rural livelihoods, and the politics of resistance among disaster-affected people. The book calls attention to slow-onset, long-term disasters that often go unnoticed."