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SOCIO-STAKES MISSION STATEMENT FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Socio-stakes is conceived as part of a resolve to call our stakes in Sociology. We did not also miss, in forming our decision, a realization of its inseparability from visions of good society. That the stakes in a galvanized Sociology and a good society will ensure each other in all manners and levels of thought and practice is the core conviction of our endeavour. We sought to amplify and array the promise of Sociology, to begin with, from the standpoint of out immediate concerns. Concerns of role and reward. We did not need to contrive a position of remove from these concerns. It was in fact because we so began that the promise of Sociology was truly revealed to us. By placing a call on Sociology as a quality of mind we could convert our concerns of seeking into capacities of vast spread and utility. We could develop an intimacy between Sociology and our self and build a sense of being in Sociology, not being off Sociology. The promise of Sociology needs to be grounded in our own experience with it. If Sociology has searched and stirred our soul and reflexively evolved through our personal biographies we can be assured that it will go a long way beyond us. Socio-Stakes will be an occasion to reaffirm this belief. A self-anchored and personally devolved Sociology offers itself to be canvassed as a capacity of mind. A conception of �The Sociological Mind� needs to be evolved to amplify the promise of Sociology. A �mind� that can perpetually renew itself and thus is inherently �modern�. A �mind� equipped with capacities of integration, holism, comprehension of complexity and readiness for task-oriented conversions. Socio-Stakes will be an occasion to assert the practice of Sociology as incumbent upon craft, commitment and character. The �Sociological Mind� is to be presented as capable of being the common denominator in the emerging global society. The capacity of the �Sociological Mind� to creatively comprehend the integral and plural logics of current change needs to be demonstrated through specific conversions and applications. That Sociology inheres the closest and fullest understanding of how society is both being unified as well as diversified will be shown in the form of framing role scenarios for the �Sociological Mind� in several spheres like the developmental - service, industry, media etc. The importance of converting and translating abstracted capacities of mind and traditions of thought in concrete and task based applications in specialized spheres is great both due to the waning of old vantages as well as the futility of abstract vantages for grounding Sociology. The canvassing of �The Sociological Mind� is to be a dual task. An abstract capacity that needs to be diffused widely in Society as part of a historical necessity. As a specific and specialised craft that enables conversions of capacities, knowledge and training in different roles and tasks. For this we need to reflect on whether Sociology can continue to be tied to institutional diets and destinies. With inputs from students of Sociology who have taken up roles in different spheres we may be able to evolve broader conception of the Sociological Mind. Socio-Stakes would offer an opportunity to recast the standards of competence within Sociology. With a shift of orbit from �terms� and �theory� to �craft� and �character�, the pool of resources for Sociology is bound to be inclusive, not exclusive to certain locational and language privileges and the Sociological Mind begins to be generative not reproductive. The emphasis on raising the amplitude of Sociology is thus also to ensure that a variety of experiences form the basis for the Sociological Mind. The posture for Socio-Stakes might not really sit well with most of the theoretical traditions in Sociology. We would even venture to suggest that a deepening and self anchoring of Sociology, evolving a broad conception of Sociological mind and craft, emphasis on concrete conversions and recasting the standards of competence, might just break the ice on many a theoretical puzzle. As debates happen on the ontological premises of Sociology, its power stakes, its claims to universalism etc. Socio-Stakes would try a mystification of Sociology. Socio-Stakes is also proposed as an occasion to think of fashioning a Sociological community. To fashion a collective or sectoral consciousness and spirit. An immediate task while thinking of a collective is to unravel a paradox. The paradox that despite individual brilliance and theoretical sophistication the sum impression of Sociology is one of mediocrity. We might all want to think of our stakes in each other and the sum purport of our Sociology. FOR STUDENTS Dear friend, This is to invite you for �SOCIO-STAKES�, an event organised by the research students of the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad slated to be held on the 12th and 13th of March, 1999. The driving idea behind the event is to effect an interface between Sociology and its probable users. These would include the non-governmental organisations, the government departments, the industry, research organisations and the media. The event would strive to drive home the necessity of using the conceptual, theoretical and methodological tools, and the insights offered by Sociology in such sectors. This would enable a long term barter between Sociology and its users and consequently, and necessarily, a recasting of both. The event intends to have four sessions (details attached) during which presentations by both the practitioners and the users of Sociology would attempt a dialogue with one another. We invite you to be part of this endeavour in order to visualise a more enriching Sociological enterprise. Thanking You, Co-ordinator SOCIO-STAKES | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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INFORMATION BROCHURE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD Contact Address Phone:91 040 3010500-3010520 Email:[email protected], [email protected] Website: The Department of Sociology was started in 1979 and functioned as a composite Department of Sociology and Anthropology till 1988, when it was bifurcated. The Department aims at training students in various theoretical and applied areas of Sociology. It has built a tradition of research into issues and areas of contemporary significance. The academic programmes of the Department place due emphasis on Theory and Methodology in Sociology. The purpose is to provide a strong grounding in the subject while honing the skills of application, inquiry and innovative thinking. The Department of Sociology is poised for constructive engagements with agencies operating in the different sectors of society. It stands to contribute in a variety of ways to the project of upgrading scope and effectiveness of social interventions and communications by developmental, service, industrial or business organizations, through sociological inputs. The Department seeks a continuous process of exchange and engagement with various social bodies to maintain its purposive resonance and contributory thrust. M.A. Course Structure and Coverage The M.A. Programme is a four semester programme spread over two years and consists of 12 core and 4 elective courses, 16 in all. The elective courses are chosen from a pool of courses offered in the Department. Students are also allowed to take upto 2 courses from other Departments. The core courses cover the following areas: 1. Introduction to the Study of Society: The course is designed to provide an advanced introduction to the basic concepts and theoretical perspectives in Sociology. Along with a general introduction to the discipline, the course will offer a historical perspective on the enterprise of Sociology. 2. Classical Sociological Theory: The course deals with the historical context of origin of Sociology and the perspectives of the founders of Sociological Theory-- Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim and George Simmel. 3. Modern Sociological Theory: The course traces the development of Modern Sociological Theory from Parsons to Bourdieu. The emphasis is on reading from the original works of the major theorists in various schools like Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism, Ethnomethodology, Neo-Marxism, Feminist perspectives etc. 4. Research Methods I. Survey Research and Basic Statistics: Introduces basic elements of empirical research and various techniques of data collection, statistical analysis and interpretation of data. It covers attributes and variables of measurement, nature and scope of survey research and research instruments. 5. Research Methods II. Qualitative Research Methods: Deals with epistemological issues in social research, various methodological approaches, qualitative techniques, writing research reports and field research in India. 6. Indian Society I. Approaches to the study of Indian Society: It focusses on the various perspectives on Indian Society and issues involved such as Stratification, Family, Kinship, Religion and patterns of discrimination. 7. Indian Society II. Social Change in Modern India: The course introduces the changes that have taken place in the social structure, cultural values and institutions in India due to British impact and planned development during post independence period. 8. Sociology of Development: Offers a broad overview of the way development is conceptualized and contested in social scientific literature. Colonialism, Nationalism, Modernization Theory, Dependency Theory, Globalization, Sustainable Development, Gender & Development and Media & Development are covered. 9. Population and Society: The course brings out the relationship between demographic phenomena and socio-cultural and economic phenomena. It covers the fields of social demography, theories of population, population structure and processes, growth and distribution of world population, population policy and Indian population. 10. Industrial Sociology: The course introduces students to various perspectives in understanding the nature of Industrial Society and its complex organisation. It covers the concepts of Industrialisation, and Post Industrial Society, Sociology of Work, Modern Organisation, Organisation Processes, Trade Unionism and Industrial Conflict. 11. Rural Society and Agrarian Change: The course focuses on processes of agrarian change and integration of agriculture into system of commodity production. It covers the areas of Rural Sociology, Peasant Studies, Agrarian Changes in India, Peasant Movements, Indian Villages, Rural Development, Globalisation and Agriculture. 12. Urban Sociology: The course explores the field of Urban Sociology covering the origin and growth of cities, Urbanisation, Urbanism and Urban Social Structure, Urban Planning, Urban Future, Urban Ecology and Urban Problems. The elective courses are drawn from a pool that covers the following areas: Sociology of Gender, Sociology of Culture, Science, Technology and Society, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Political Sociology, Applied Sociology, Indian Population, Human Ecology, Medical Sociology, Sociology of International Migrations, Sociology of Education, Social Movements, Sociology of Backward Classes, Sociology of communication and Sociology of Law and Sociology of Organisations. M.Phil. Programme is a preliminary research degree course of two semester duration. The course work during first semester consists of two compulsory courses in Advanced Sociological Theories and Research Methods and one optional course generally in the broad area of research in which the dissertation is planned. The M.Phil. dissertation is expected to be completed by the end of the second semester. Ph.D. Programme is a full-time research programme over a minimum period of two years. The examination pattern of Ph.D. course includes thesis evaluation and an open house viva-voce examination. Thrust Areas of Research * Urban Sociology * Social Identities * Sociology of Science and Technology * Sociology of Communication * Industrial Sociology * Agrarian Relations * Social Demography * Political Sociology * Sociology of Development Other Highlights * The Department has been recognised by the UGC for the Special Assistance Programme (SAP) for carrying out research in the area of Social Identities in 1995. Our Department is one of the very few such Departments in this country which has been selected under this Programme. * The Department took the initiative in starting interdisciplinary research in the area of Indian Diaspora. A separate Centre for the Study of Indian Diaspora has been established as a part of the Area Studies Programme of UGC. * An Evaluation Study (University News) on the UGC Examinations 1990-92 credited the Department among the best three Sociology Departments of the Universities in India. International Conferences Aug. 1986. As part of XI World Congress of Sociology.--The Pre Congress Symposium on Technology Policies: Comparative Perspectives was held. Nov. 1994 -- International Conference on the Indian Diaspora sponsored by UGC, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and University of Hyderabad. Projects * Prof. V.K.Kochar (Retd.) took up a project sponsored by International Development Researh Council, Canada on Water Use Behavior. * Prof. E. Haribabu in 1993 completed a Project sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India on Status of Science and Technology Personnel Employed in Andhra Pradesh. * Prof. E. Haribabu is currently undertaking a project sponsored by Rockfeller Foundation, New York on Community of Rice Biotechnology Researchers in India: A Study of National Rice Biotechnology Network. * The Department has held National Seminars in the areas of Social Identities, Social Medicine, Indian Diaspora etc. Students training facilities and placement * M.Phil. and Ph.D. students are trained in computer applications in Social Science Research. * Facilities: The Department has 14 computers to which Research Students have access. These are loaded with a. Application Packages- MS WORD, MS EXCEL, POWER POINT b. Statistical Packages for Social Sciences- SPSS c. DBMS- DBASE IV , FOX PRO AND MS ACCESS d. Operating System � MS DOS, WINDOWS (95 & 98) * E-mail, Internet access is available which is also connected with Local Area Network of University of Hyderabad. * Audio Visual Aids - OHP, TV & VCR. * Ten (10) of our Research Scholars hold UGC - Junior/Senior Research Fellowships. They have qualified through a National Level examination conducted by UGC which tests Reasoning, Research Aptitude, Statistical Ability besides Subject competence. * The Department of Sociology provides additional reading material to students from its collection of about 700 rare articles/books. * Our students have got placements in the areas of -- Industry -- Research -- NGOs -- Civil Service -- Teaching Faculty Professors Chandra Sekhar Bhat, Ph.D. (Delhi) -- Ethnic Studies, Industrial Sociology, Urban Sociology, Sociology of Development and Indian Diaspora. E.Haribabu, Ph.D. (I.I.T. Bombay) -- Sociology of Science and Technology. Readers K. Laxminarayana, Ph.D. (Mysore) -- Urban Sociology, Social Demography, Backward Classes. Vinod K Jairath, D.Phil. (Sussex) -- Social Anthropology, Science and Technology, Sociology of Communications, Social Movements. K.J. Vijayatilakam, Ph.D. (Osmania) -- Political Sociology, Sociology of Education. Sasheej Hegde, Ph.D. (Bangalore) -- Philosophy of Social Science, Social Theory, Law, Aspects of Indian Sociology/Historiography. G. Viswanatham, (Andhra) Guest Faculty-- Urban Sociology, Demography, Social Stratification and Mobility, Sociology of Education G. Valentina (Hyderabad) Guest Faculty --Industrial Sociology Office Staff M.V.S.V.S. Suryanarayan (B.Com.), Stenographer B. Madhusudan (B.A.), J.O.A P. Tirupataiah (SSC), Office Attender Ph.D. Degrees Awarded 1. Ms. A.L. Sharada: Professionals in Organizations - A Case Study of Formal and Informal Organisational Structures in a Superspecialities Hospital. Supervisor:Prof.G.S. Aurora. 2. Mr. Kushal Deb: Sociological Implications of the Patterns of Growth of Hyderabad City. Supervisor: Prof.Ratna Naidu. 3. Mr. S. N. M. Kopparty: Health Care and Social Stratification : A Study in Health Behaviour in Rural Andhra Pradesh. Supervisor: Prof. V.K.Kochar. 4. Ms. Jaya Kamalakar: Consolidation of Communal Parties in Muncipal Corporations:Shiv Sena in Bombay. Supervisor: Prof. Ratna Naidu. 5. Mr. B. Srinivas: Workers Take Over and Control in Industry : The Indian Experience. Supervisor: Prof.C.S. Bhat. 6. Mr. M. Murali Krishna: Town-Country Networks and Urban Development - A Comparative Study of Two Towns in Andhra Pradesh. Supervisor: Prof.Ratna Naidu. 7. Ms. P. Rama Devi: Health for All - A View from Below (A Study of a Primary Health Centre as an Instrument of the National Health Policy). Supervisor: Prof.G.S.Aurora. 8. Mr. D. Parthasarathy: Patterns of Collective Violence in A Provincial City - The Case of Vijayawada. Supervisor: Prof.Ratna Naidu. 9. Ms. M. V. S. Aparna: Actor-Networks in Technology Development - A Case Study of Oil Palm Demonstration Project in Andhra Pradesh. Supervisor: Prof. E. Haribabu. 10. Ms. Manju Gupta: Women in Professions. Supervisor: Prof. G.S. Aurora. 11. Ms. Manisha Saxena: Disability and Rehabilitation - A Study of Leprosy and Non- Leprosy Cases. Supervisor:Prof. V.K. Kochar. Overview of Ph.D. Research Topics Underway 1. Trade Unionism in a Multinational Company 2. Workers participation in Management 3. Sociology of Science 4. Indian Diaspora 5. Sociology of Consumption 6. Study of Women Managers in Hyderabad 7. Migration and Urbanisation in Orissa 8. Factional Politics 9. Caste and Politics in Andhra Pradesh 10. Realignment of caste identities and conflicts in Karnataka 11. Sociology of Gender 12. Agrarian Change and Identity Formation of Nadars in Tamil Nadu 13. Caste, Community and the Public Sphere: A Study of Brahmin Identity 14. Biotechnology in India 15. Social History of Karnataka 16. Enterpreneurship among Women 17. Communication and collaboration among the Scientific Community 18. Sociology of Drought 19. Sociology of Environment 20. Natural Resource Management Overview of M.Phil. Research Topics Underway 1. Science in Hyderabad under the Nizam 2. Women workers in sick unit 3. Urban Sociology 4. Social Demography 5. Sociology of Science 6. NGOs and Rural Development 7. Diaspora and Communication 8. Industrial Sociology 9. Sociology of Migration 10. Mass Media | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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SOCIO-STAKES | MISSION STATEMENT FOR NGOs Socio-stakes is conceived as an occasion to project sociology and the �sociological mind� as carrying tremendous promise to a variety of roles in modern society. The first resonance of sociolgy is in the change or development sphere. The key attributes of Sociology that are relevant here are its ability to evolve wholesome visions, and to frame dynamic and ever-renewing postures. Non-governmental Organizations have to take on a key role in the modern change and development contexts. They are now agents in the re-contracting of a global society. That is, bringing about a shift from the state-society contract to a civil-society contract. Under this larger historical role NGOs are carrying out a variety of specific roles. Broadly, these may be classified as -- Service agency -- Mediator/contractor -- Catalyst -- Innovators -- Advocates -- Critics -- Institution Guides In playing these roles NGOs operate multiple interfaces with a variety of other state and civil social institutions. They also operate in an uneven social landscape and developmental gradient. The task of living up to the historical role while also carrying out specific roles in these uncertain and turbulent contexts often gets crossed and compel a recourse to an instrumental- management route. We perceive a role for Sociology and the Sociological mind in this context. Your participation and inputs in the sessions on �Arraying Sociology� during Socio-Stakes will help us sharpen our conception of the role and contribution of students of Sociology in the NGO world and equip ourselves. It would also enable us to make a presentation on our role scenarios and concrete contributions. We will here pose a few general wagers on the role and relevance of Sociology in the change and development sphere. *The Sociology-shaped or Sociological mind is suitably stretched and variegatedly modulated to be deployed in multiple roles. *Sociology can be tapped to provide cogent and intimate histories of the region or society of operation. *Theories and frameworks in Sociology can be applied for building integral and organic models of the social landscape of intervention. *A Sociological mind or aptitude enhances the ability of the organization to cope with and convert the changing elements and mixtures of the social system of operation into resources for upgrading the agenda or purpose rather than managing through denial. *The field of Sociology or the Sociological mind is framed with an inclusive pool of experiences and inheres inputs from different contexts and locations. The breadth thereby given to the Sociological mind enables it to work in a spirit of amiability and personal involvement in the site of operation and bring out deeper comprehension and convictions rather than operate in a spirit of impersonality and categoric comprehension. *The Sociological Mind can be useful in continuously reframing general postures and role reappraisals for the organizations. *The Sociological mind can enable the organizations working in the development sphere to effect a proper interface with industry, business, media etc. The increasing emphasis on networking and purposive exchanges between different sectors in the modern world can be fruitfully effected through application and conversion of Sociological frameworks on patterns of interdependence. *Sociology offers a source of rightly moulded mind frames and characters for providing the legitimacy and inspiration elements for leadership roles in such organizations. *Sociology offers rich possibilities for participatory research that is crucial for purposive interventions of the NGO kind. Sociology recast with onus on craft and character could rightly suit the current need for �research with stakes�. We believe that the NGOs in carrying out their larger historical role have a direct interest in propagating and diffusing the ethic and ability of the Sociological mind. That is, the ethic of understanding and ability to cope with the simultaneous accentuation of unity and diversity. This ethic and the accompanying ability has the potential to become the common denominator of social life in the emerging global society. As agencies catalysing such change NGOs have an embedded stake in Sociology. As students committed to renewing and regenerating the Sociological tradition we seek to convey and convert our craft in a variety of sectors and organizations. We considerable interface with NGOs and inputs from them as important in this regard. We hope to have your participation in Socio-stakes and reaffirm our status in a mutual venture. For NGOs and Industries Madam/Sir, Sub: Invitation for Participation in �Socio-Stakes�. We, the research students of the Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, are organising �Socio-Stakes� on the 13th and 14th of March 1999, an event intended to flag off a long-term forging of an interface between the practitioners of Sociology and its probable users like you. We are conducting this event with a firm belief that Sociology, as a discipline, has a lot to offer in terms of concepts, ideas, methodological tools and analytical frameworks in multiple work contexts. We believe that a constant interaction with NGOs, industries, the media and the government would be mutually benefitting in terms of recasting ourselves to the needs of one another. �Socio-Stakes� will have four sessions during which presentations would be made by us, the practitioners of Sociology, as to how we could be a necessary tool in your endeavours. We are requesting you, hereby, to participate in the event by making a short presentation on behalf of your organisation focussing on largely what would you be looking for from sociology vis-a-vis your work contexts of 15 minutes duration. Hoping that �Socio-Stakes� will witness a constructive participation from you. Co-ordinator, SOCIO-STAKES
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