C. Shambu Prasad (ed.), Piloting Knowledge Swaraj: A handbook on Indian Science and Technology, Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar, Orissa, March 2011. For: Knowledge In Civil Society (KICS)-Centre for World Solidarity,
http://kicsforum.net/kics/setdev/Piloting_Knowledge_Swaraj.pdf
Contents
PILOTING KNOWLEDGE SWARAJ IN INDIA: A HANDBOOK ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Methodology of the Pilots
1.2 Piloting Knowledge Swaraj
2. MEDICAL ETHICS: A CASE STUDY OF HYSTERECTOMY IN ANDHRA PRADESH
2.1 THE ISSUE
2.2 HYSTERECTOMY-THE CLINICAL PICTURE
2.3. HYSTERECTOMY-SOCIAL FACTORS AND CONSEQUENCES
2. 4 HYSTERECTOMY-ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
2.5 CONCLUSIONS
3. SUSTAINABILITY AND PLURALITY IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF
RECONSTRUCTION
3.1 The Case-Study and its methodology
3.1.1 Methodology adopted
3.2 Introduction: Built Environment and Reconstruction
3.3 Approaches in Reconstruction
3.3.1 Comparison of Reconstruction Approaches
3.4. Overview of three disasters: The Context
3.4.1 The Gujarat Earthquake
3.4.2 The Tsunami in Tamil Nadu
3.4.3 Bihar Kosi Floods
3.5. Policy environment & Regulatory mechanisms
3.5.1 Institutional arrangements and reconstruction approaches
3.5.2 Guidelines, Building Codes and Norms
3.5.3 Where ‘guidelines’ fail and/or are inadequate
3.6. “Whose space is it anyway?”
3.6.1 The ‘Client’ and the Commission
3.6.2 Site allocation: Relocation vs. In-situ Reconstruction
3.6.3 Habitat Planning / Settlement Design
3.6.4 Building: design, materials and technologies
3.6.5. “Fusion” approaches
3.7. People’s Initiatives: Plurality, Sustainability and Justice
3.8. Conclusions & Recommendations
Recommendations
References
4. ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY –EXPERIMENTS IN DEMOCRATIZING
WATER SECTOR
4.1. Rationale for a Case Study on Water
4.2. Narrative of the three themes
4.2.1 River Valley Development – Understanding Tungabhadra from a Common Citizen’s Point of View
4.2.2 Ground Water Management – Social Regulation experiences of CWS and WASSAN
4.2.3 Lessons from Collaborative Advocacy Efforts by CSOs: Watershed development projects in Andhra Pradesh
4.3 Actors, roles and Knowledge Swaraj
4.3.1 Identifying actors
4.3.2 Sustainability
4.3.3 Plurality
4.4. Lessons and Conclusions
5. SOCIALISING SCIENCE IN INDIAN: SOME LESSONS FROM INDIAN EXPERIENCE
APPENDIX: SOCIALISING SCIENCE – BEYOND PROJECT TIME FRAMES
