Browsing by Person "Mukherjee, Suroopa"

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Bhopal Survivors’ Movement Study - video and audio
(2010) Scandrett, Eurig; Mukherjee, Suroopa; Shah, Dharmesh; Sen, Tarunima
Video and audio recordings of these data are generally not available for public viewing/listening. Separate permission must be obtained from the interviewee for access to these video and audio data and any enquiries should be made via the Principal Investigator (Eurig Scandrett) or Queen Margaret University archive administrator: eResearch@qmu.ac.uk. The purpose of the collection of data is to record the accounts of the survivor-activists and others involved in the Bhopal survivors’ movement, and these have been represented verbatim wherever possible. The research team is not responsible for the accuracy of any statements made and are aware that there are inconsistencies regarding factual details. No attempt has been made to correct these or provide consistency across the interview data set.
Die Macht der globalen Unternehmen brechen: Seit drei Jahrzehnten kämpfen Betroffene gegen die Folgen der Bhopal-Katastrophe
(Assoziation A, 2013-05) Mukherjee, Suroopa; Shah, Dharmesh; Scandrett, Eurig
Generating Theory in the Bhopal Survivors' Movement
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) Mukherjee, Suroopa; Scandrett, Eurig; Sen, Tarunima; Shah, Dharmesh; Motto, S.; Nilsen, A.
Globalisation and abstraction in the Bhopal survivors' movement
(Interface, 2011-05) Scandrett, Eurig; Mukherjee, Suroopa
In the context of globalisation, the internationalisation of social movements has become a focus of research and theorisation. In particular there is a suggestion that new forms of internationalisation have emerged in response to globalised economic and technological developments. The movement of survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster has been cited as a new/old breed of transnational social movement- whose internationalisation has been facilitated by the anti-toxics movement. Here it is argued that the dynamics of this movement are more complex than has been recounted, and that association with the international anti-toxics movement should be regarded as one form amongst several, of generalisation from the experience of local campaigning. By focusing on the divisions within the movement, the diversity of generalisations may be more properly understood. Raymond Williams' conception of militant particularism, as expounded by David Harvey, is a useful theoretical tool for interpreting the various forms of abstraction which the movement has developed. It is argued that not only does this approach provide a more nuanced understanding of the dynamics of this and potentially other social movements, it is also valuable for movement activists to make sense of otherwise negative experiences of division, and thereby reduce the risk of such divisions being exploited.
Theorising Education and Learning in Social Movements: Environmental Justice campaigns in Scotland and India
(National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education, 2010) Scandrett, Eurig; Crowther, J.; Hemmi, A.; Mukherjee, Suroopa; Shah, Dharmesh; Sen, Tarunima
We are flames not flowers-: a gendered reading of the social movement for justice in Bhopal
(2011-11) Scandrett, Eurig; Mukherjee, Suroopa; Team, Bhopal Research
This essay is in continuation of the article that Eurig Scandrett and I wrote for the previous issue of Interface (Scandrett and Mukherjee 2011). It looks at gender as one of the abstractions that arises from the material condition of the industrial disaster in Bhopal that happened on 3 December 1984, which is often compared to Hiroshima, in the nature of its destruction. Bhopal has also witnessed a grassroots movement, remarkable in its tenacity and its welldefined battle-line against the monolithic power of the State and the Corporation. The survivors' organisations present two interrelated profiles for the movement. One is local and includes a large section of women, who are illiterate and bound by patriarchy. The other is the international face of the movement. This essay looks at the role played by women in the movement. At the same time, oral history methodology highlights the vision of a gender sensitive world, which is alien to the material conditions these women live in. While academically we can bring in feminist readings, they do not serve the purpose of relating to women's consciousness and how they visualize their own emancipation. This essay looks at gender as a problematic category that needs redefinition.