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Akash Jash

Akash Jash, MA

Landhaus Fellow

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Rachel Carson Center
Leopoldstr. 11a, 4. OG
80802 Munich

Akash Jash is a PhD candidate in sociology at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, India. His PhD project focuses on the socioecological transformations of Bengaluru’s lakes, exploring their governance, urbanization, and role as contested commons. His research highlights the contestations surrounding lakes, addressing issues such as privatization and the lived experiences of communities impacted by these changes. By combining archival research with urban ethnography, his work examines the interplay of historical processes and contemporary urbanization in shaping these ecological resources.

Akash’s academic interests further include a broader engagement with qualitative research methodologies. He is particularly drawn to the study of archives—both institutional and noninstitutional—as well as oral history and ethnography, while exploring their potential to uncover nuanced social and ecological dynamics.

RCC Research Project: Urban Lakes as Contested Social Spaces: Colonial Legacies, Contemporary Urbanization, and Social Contestations in Bengaluru Lakes


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