1.) What issues surround the notion of strategic essentialism in the politics of representation and dialogue? What risks are run when groups are essentialized for the sake of making a stand, but at the same time, what stands to be gained? How should scholars or practitioners negotiate these issues? 2.) What are some of the ways that projects of social change might be evaluated? What happens once changes are achieved? Or in other words, what does the process of social change for a particular project or issue look like after transformations have been made?
This blog offers Mohan Dutta's reflections on the theoretical framework of the culture-centered approach, examining the interplays among Structure, Culture, and Agency in shaping marginalisation and the ways in which communities at the margins challenge structures. Writings on the blog are continually being revised to reflect the organic analysis of structure and agency.