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RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT

A Three-day International Conference on RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT 2020

Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, India
23 - 25 July 2020
The conference ended on 25 July 2020

Important Dates

Abstract Submission Deadline
1st April 2020

About RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT

This International Conference attempts to bring together researchers, scholars, academicians, social engineers, religious leaders, economists, political analysts, ethicists, policy makers, and others to critically engage in current models of development and propose ideas for inclusive development. As a professional courtesy to fellow participants, all those who wish to participate in this international conference are required to participate in the deliberations in all the three days. If you are unable to do so, we request you not to apply for this conference.

Topics

Rethinking development

Call for Papers

CONCEPT NOTE

Rethinking development is a critical engagement of questioning, debating, analysing, and evaluating the various developmental models that are in place today. Such a rethinking is necessitated by changing social structures and the need for alternative holistic models of development. The idea of development down the history lane has kept on evolving and the contexts in which we find ourselves today lead us to rethink development, against the background of SDGs of UN, de-growth movements, minimalist movements etc on the one hand and exploitative tendencies of the corporates and the markets on the other hand. Amidst the rift between right wing ideologies that contain fundamentalist and nationalist tendencies and the liberal left, the idea of development swings accordingly. Development is not an isolated concept and is the result of various ideologies, economies, historicity, hierarchies, politics and governance, social conventions, religious influences, global interventions, neo-imperialistic activities, etc. The effects of development thus so far in history has been lop- sided, leaving behind a massive population of the poor, and the subaltern, at the mercy of a few that seek an uncontrollable power to exploit, even to the point of self-destruction. In the light of ‘modern development’, there is an urgent need to question and clarify notions of development. • Basic questions such as what is development, who defines development, the stakeholders of development, whom does it reach, etc., • the ethical implications such as the reachability of development, the care of the environment, the dignity of humanity, etc., • social and cultural implications such as humanization, rights and freedom, identities, etc. • philosophical frameworks operational behind current or future models of development, such as capitalism, social economy, de-growth, minimalism This International Conference attempts to bring together researchers, scholars, academicians, social engineers, religious leaders, economists, political analysts, ethicists, policy makers, and others to critically engage in current models of development and propose ideas for inclusive development

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