Doctoral Dissertation Research: Religious Nationalism and Urban Space in Western India (1969-2002)

这篇论文调查了印度艾哈迈达巴德的社区骚乱如何在以前存在混合社区的情况下创造了同质的种族社区。这项研究将使用地理信息系统来跟踪该市主要的宗教游行和骚乱。将审查档案记录(例如，政府问询、报纸)，以分析国家对骚乱和游行不断变化的立场。最后，将利用对居住在主要游行路线附近的当地领导人和居民的半结构化采访，分析将游行和社区暴力与种族同质社区的创建联系起来的机制。

This dissertation investigates how communal riots in Ahmedabad, India, have created homogeneous ethnic neighborhoods where mixed neighborhoods previously existed. The research will use geographical information systems to track the city's major religious processions and riots. Archival records (e.g., government inquiries, newspapers) will be examined to analyze the state's changing position on riots and processions. Finally, semi-structured interviews with local leaders and residents living near the major procession route will be used to analyze the mechanisms that link the processions and communal violence with the creation of ethnically homogeneous neighborhoods.