21st Century National Priorities and Practicing Geography in India: The Need to Think Outside the Box <Article>
Journal of Urban and Regional Studies on Contemporary India 7 巻 1 号
1-9 頁
2020-09 発行
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| タイトル ( eng ) |
21st Century National Priorities and Practicing Geography in India: The Need to Think Outside the Box <Article>
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| 作成者 |
SINGH Ravi S.
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| 収録物名 |
Journal of Urban and Regional Studies on Contemporary India
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| 巻 | 7 |
| 号 | 1 |
| 開始ページ | 1 |
| 終了ページ | 9 |
| 抄録 |
Academic disciplines have been serving societal needs since their inception, which stands particularly true for Geography. In India, geographers have been contributing in varied sub-fields with appalling reluctance to change in response to the changing world around. This paper aims to attempt a critical stocktaking of what has happened in Indian geography the past with special reference to the recent past (post-1990s) and what our response today and in the near future should be. Arguments made are based on a critical analysis of previous works and secondary data supplemented with the present author’s direct experience in the Indian academia as a geography educator for approximately quarter a century. Accordingly, the discussions contained in this paper mainly dwell on Geography and its general response to societal needs, (Indian) national priorities, the response of Geography to these priorities, and what needs to be done to overcome the present limitations.
The analysis leads to the conclusion that provision of quality higher education and forging an effective linkage of higher education with national priorities are the most important. Indian geography’s response has been poor both in terms of curriculum quality and research works which are generally non-rigorous and misguided. Consequently, they are neither problem-solving nor advancing the state of knowledge. Institutional practices in general thwart innovation and fail to fuel future changes. Thus, interventions are highly desirable by academic leaders, amongst the practising professional geographers, to ensure interaction between research (findings) and higher education curriculum which has a potential of mutual benefit. |
| 著者キーワード |
curriculum
applied geography
national priority
paradigm
public policy
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| 内容記述 |
The present paper is the revised and updated version of an invited lecture originally delivered at a National Symposium organized by Department of Geography, Savitribai Phule Pune University in association with Indian Institute of Geographers (IIG.) on ‘Re-Orienting Teaching & Research in Geography’, 26–28 December 2014 in the Department of Geography, Savitribai Phule Pune University.
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| 言語 |
英語
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| 資源タイプ | 紀要論文 |
| 出版者 |
The Center for Contemporary India Studies, Hiroshima University
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| 発行日 | 2020-09 |
| 権利情報 |
(c) 2020 The Center for Contemporary India Studies, Hiroshima University
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| 出版タイプ | Version of Record（出版社版。早期公開を含む） |
| アクセス権 | オープンアクセス |
| 収録物識別子 |
[ISSN] 2188-5222
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