2016 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
The Great Hydraulic Transition: colonial engineers and modern rivers in South Asia
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16K01981
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
デスーザ ローハン 京都大学, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 准教授 (60767903)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | Floods / Colonial Engineering / Environmental History / Dams / Perennial Irrigation / Embankments |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
As part of the first phase (2016), I have completed a first preliminary round of archival work (Delhi, Kolkata and Mysore/ 30th September 2016 to 8th October 2016) and followed this up with interviews.
The archival work and libraries was with regard to matters that looked at nineteenth century irrigation in colonial India.
Based on this first round, I presented a paper titled‘Floods, Disasters and Re-tooling History : Can cross-disciplinary dialogues help Policy-making?’ Conference on Disastrous Pasts: New Directions in Asian Disaster History
National University Singapore, 21st-22nd November, 2016.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
As stated above.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In the second round of archival searches I will have a prolonged study of the sources at the Mahatma Gandhi Library at the Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee). After the study in Roorkee, I will also hope to visit the National Archives in (Delhi, India) and hold a small workshop in Delhi. Depending on the availability of materials, there might be some changes in the travel plan and the plan of the workshop.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Travel plan needed to be changed according to the availability of materials.
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| Expenditure Plan for Carryover Budget |
Depending on the availability of materials, I will re-organise my travel plans.
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Research Products
(3 results)
