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Amitangshu Acharya

(He/Him)
  • Political Ecology, STS
Delft, New Delhi
As seen in: HuffPost, Nature, The Independent (UK), 1843, The Indian Express, Frontline India, Mint, The Hindu, Mint Lounge, Khaleej Times and
Covers:  climate change, water, disasters, environmental politics, urbanisation, urban nature, indigenous/traditional knowledge systems, decolonising nature, material culture, pollution
Political Ecology, STS, #water. Ex @LeverhulmeTrust @KLIAustria @IJURResearch & @tatatrusts scholar. Imprints @1843mag @Independent @the_hindu @PlacesJournal

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Amitangshu Acharya’s Biography

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Amitangshu Acharya is an Indian writer, researcher, and academic narrating stories of postcolonial waterscapes in South Asia. He locates his stories at the intersection of science and society, exploring the ruptured relationship between people and their environment in the Anthropocene and documenting sites and struggles where plural knowledge systems and practices are reclaiming hope for a sustainable future. He writes longform articles, vignettes of everyday urban life, and academic essays in …

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The Politics of Wastewater Reuse

The Politics of Wastewater Reuse

Turning wastewater into drinking water isn't merely a question of public acceptance, but also one of sustaina…

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Monsoon Special: Sensing the rains

Monsoon Special: Sensing the rains

In the Gangetic floodplains of Bihar, where the monsoon is a matter of life and death, villagers are increasi…

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Hidden in the hyphen

Hidden in the hyphen

By Amitangshu Acharya & Sudipto Sanyal Published: Thu 1 Mar 2018, 11:00 PM Last updated: Mon 23 Apr 2018

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Where there's muck there's brass: making money from sewage in Kolkata

Where there's muck there's brass: making money from sewage in Kolkata

In the East Kolkata Wetlands the city’s waste is purified and turned into fish food. Now rapacious property d…

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What I learnt from an Afghan war veteran from the back of a cab

What I learnt from an Afghan war veteran from the back of a cab

I met Noa just after the midsummer sun had set behind Arthur's Seat. He had driven the taxi beyond the pick-u…

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A bhisti ruled an empire once

A bhisti ruled an empire once

A water carrier changed the history of India by saving Humayun from drowning,but the remaining bhistis of Old…

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Water justice needs careful interdisciplinary research - Nature Water

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By Maria Rusca, Margreet Zwarteveen, Amitangshu Acharya, Rossella Alba, Melissa Haeffner, Tobias Krueger
| Nature Verified
Abstract Many agree that addressing complex water problems requires interdisciplinary approaches. Yet, entrenched epistemic, methodological and institutional hierarchies often privilege technocratic and positivist framings over critical, reflexive and situated ways of knowing. As a result, interdisciplinary knowledge-making is often hesitant to explicitly engage with political questions and fails to expose or challenge the political, cultural and economic systems driving complex water problems.
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Field Notes on Repair: 6

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By Amitangshu Acharya
| Places Journal
An anti-caste ethos of repair I spotted him across my balcony on a mid-July afternoon in post-Covid Delhi. He dangled precariously from a bosun’s chair, trying to reach the condenser unit of an air-conditioner in the darkest corner of the building, tucked away with the electric cables, and the sewage and wastewater pipes.
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The Politics of Wastewater Reuse

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By Amitangshu Acharya
| Issues in Science and Technology Verified
In “Industrial Terroir Takes on the Yuck Factor” (Issues, Summer 2024), Christy Spackman describes clever attempts to overcome the prevailing challenge of public skepticism toward the prospect of potable water reuse. The effects of infrastructure have long been recognized by urban historians as profound and path dependent, albeit indeterminate.
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