Matt Shutzer | Modernizing the ‘Feudal’ Economy? Geology and Development Planning in Princely India, 1920s-1940s

My work engages conceptual questions of decolonization, the developmental state, and competitiveness in the global economy. This paper presents technological and environmental dynamics of these issues as they reshaped the political borders of western Odisha and Chhattisgarh in an area called the Eastern States Agency.
Respondents:
Vasuki Nesiah, Associate Professor of Practice, Gallatin
Ben Pasquale, PhD Candidate, Department of Politics
Please come to the workshop having read through Matt’s paper (email nraheja@nyu.edu for a copy) and feel free to share your comments with the group.