[Linganth] the APLA reading group this Friday -please forgive cross-posting

[Ilana Gershon]

Dear Colleagues,
It occurs to me that some of you might also want to attend, this once, the
other virtual reading group I run (on the first Friday of every academic
month)  to chat with Lisa Mitchell about her new book, Hailing the State.

Below are the details:
The APLA reading group turns to Lisa Mitchell's Hailing the State: Indian
Democracy Between Elections   We will chat with her on Friday from 12-1 pm
EST.


She has asked us to read chapter 2, and offers us the intro for some
additional context.   Please read as much as you can, but do feel free to
join us even if you haven't managed to read everything.


You can find chapter 2 here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ePv72plsZHB-1icpjTrqgiqC95lSrkMx/view?usp=sharing


You can find the introduction here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ePCRxoDH28n87EwdFnY1rwBmLvlvlVlK/view?usp=sharing

The meeting will be 12-1 pm  EST Friday, and can be reached by clicking on
this Zoom link:


https://iu.zoom.us/j/94049124398

Looking forward to seeing you all virtually,

Ilana


Press blurb: In *Hailing the State*, Lisa Mitchell explores the methods of
collective assembly that people in India use to hold elected officials and
government administrators accountable, demand inclusion in decision making,
and stage informal referendums. Mitchell traces the colonial and
postcolonial lineages of collective forms of assembly, in which—rather than
rejecting state authority—participants mobilize with expectations that
officials will uphold the law and fulfill electoral promises. She shows how
assembly, which ranges from sit-ins, hunger strikes, and demands for
meetings with officials to massive general strikes and road and rail
blockades, is fundamental to the functioning of democracy in India. These
techniques are particularly useful for historically marginalized groups and
others whose voices may not be easily heard. Moving beyond an exclusive
focus on electoral processes, Mitchell argues that to understand
democracy—both in India and beyond—we must also pay attention to what
occurs between elections, thereby revising understanding of what is
possible for democratic action around the world.
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