2007 February archive at Vivek's Info

Archive for February, 2007

Nancy Schepper-Huges’ graphic portrayal of hunger and violance in Brazil

Published by Vivek February 25th, 2007 in Books, articles & talks and Right to food. 0 Comments

Death without weeping: The violence of everyday life in Brazil
Rating: 4 out of 5

Author: Nancy Schepper-Huges
Year: 1992
Category: Anthropology, hunger, violence, poverty
Publisher: University of California Press

Death without weeping is an ethnographic study of a town in North-Eastern Brazil. The theme of the book is hunger, child deaths and ‘every day [...]

Papers and Reports I was involved in

Published by Vivek February 21st, 2007 in Books, articles & talks, My research, Naan fiction, Right to Food Campaign, Right to food and Social Movements. 0 Comments

The right to food has been my main academic preoccupation so far. The following are some of my pieces (many co-authored) on various themes surrounding the issue.
Citizens’ Initiative for the Rights of Children Under Six. 2006. Focus on children under six. Delhi: Circus.
This report looks at the status of children under six, and the [...]

Comparing Google Scholar and specialised bibliographic search engines

Published by Vivek February 17th, 2007 in Research tools: software & utilities. 1 Comment

Google scholar and specialized bibliography services like Econlit and JSTOR seem to have different strengths and should be used in different ways
I started using Google Scholar with a vengeance when it started. It has an ease that other providers do not: there is no need to log in, there is no need for subscription [...]

Bibliography of Institutional Economics (downloadable)

Published by Vivek February 16th, 2007 in Books, articles & talks. 0 Comments

This bibliography covers most of the recent and classic works in institutional economics. I’ve included some reviews in the book review section. My other bibliographies can be seen under the bibliography category.
Abraham, Anita, and Jean-Philippe Platteau. 2004. Participatory development: Where culture creeps in. In .
Acemoglu, Daron. 2005. Politics and economics in weak and strong states. [...]

Wordnet lexical database in Hindi

Published by Vivek February 15th, 2007 in Research tools: software & utilities. 0 Comments

I had written a note about using wordnet lexical database that could be used in content analysis. I just stumbled on a lexical database in Hindi. I am yet to try it, but am excited that such a tool is available in an Indian language, specially when I am planing a media study with a [...]