Section: Staff Profiles

Hugo Gorringe

Name
Dr Hugo Gorringe
Title
Organisation
Sociology, School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Address
6.30 Chrystal Macmillan Building 15a George Square Edinburgh UK EH8 9LD
Telephone
+44 (0)131 650 3940
E-Mail
URL
http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/staff_profiles/gorringe_hugo

Qualifications

  • BA Sociology and Politics - University of Essex (1997)
  • MSc by Social Research - University of Edinburgh (1998)
  • PhD - University of Edinburgh (2002)

Office Hours

On Research Leave in 2009/10

 

Research interests

My principal research interests are as follows:

  • Political Sociology
  • Sociology of South Asia
  • Social Movements
  • Sociology of Violence
  • Sociology of Identity

My research has focused on social and political movements both in South India and Scotland.

My research in India focused on the socio-political mobilisation of Dalits (ex-Untouchables) and their struggle to achieve equality and deepen Indian democracy. This research fed into my book: Untouchable Citizens which explores the interplay between Dalit movements and Democratisation in South India. I have also written on issues pertaining to collective violence, identity politics and the construction and negotiation of social space.

My research in Scotland has focused on the global protests surrounding the G8 meeting in 2005 and the policing of those protests. This is an ongoing project in collaboration with Michael Rosie. An interim report on our findings and details of publications can be found here: http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/current_research/g8_research

Teaching Interests

I currently teach on violence, social and political movements and nationalism in South Asia , but my teaching interests extend beyond my research to include examinations of culture and identity in Britain, and the gendered nature of 'Development' processes.

Supervision interests    

I welcome PhD applications from people interested in the above areas, but I have experience of supervising a range of topics at postgraduate level. Recent or ongoing supervisions include:

  • Sex work and agency in Chennai
  • The status of qualitative methodologies 
  • The interplay between identity and nationalism in South Asia
  • The gender biases of international development
  • Dalit politics
  • Ethical and Political Consumerism
  • Sociological investigations of Camphill

Publications

Gorringe, H 2009. 'Becoming a Dalit Panther', in D. Gellner (ed) Ethnic Activism & Civil Society in South Asia. New Delhi: Sage: pp145-174

Rosie, M & Gorringe, H 2009. '"The Anarchists World Cup": respectable protest and media panics', Social Movement Studies 8(1): pp35-53

Gorringe, H 2008. 'The Caste of the Nation: Untouchability and Citizenship in South India', Contributions to Indian Sociology 42(1): pp123-49

Gorringe, H & Rosie, M 2008. 'Its a long way to Auchterarder! Negotiated Management and Mismanagement in the Policing of G8 Protests', British Journal of Sociology 59(2): pp187-205:

Gorringe, H & Rosie, M 2008. 'The Polis of Global Protest: Policing Protest at the G8 in Scotland', Current Sociology 56(5)

Gorringe, H & Rafanell, I 2007. 'The Embodiment of Caste'. Sociology 41(1): pp97-114

Gorringe, H 2007. 'Taming the Dalit Panthers? Dalit Politics in Tamilnadu'. Journal of South Asian Development 2(1): pp51-73

Gorringe, H & Rosie, M 2006. 'Pants to Poverty? Making Poverty History, Edinburgh 2005'. Sociological Research Online , 11 (1): Short-listed for the Sage prize for Innovation/Excellence

Gorringe, H 2006. 'Banal Violence? The everyday Underpinnings of Collective Violence'. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power 13(2): pp237-60.

Gorringe, H 2006. 'Which is Violence? Reflections on Violence and Social Movement Activity', Social Movement Studies 5(2): pp117-136.

Gorringe, H 2006. 'Establishing Territory' in De Neve, G and Donner, H (eds): The Meaning of the Local: Politics of Place in Urban India, London, UCL Press.

Gorringe, H 2005. Untouchable Citizens: The Dalit Panthers and Democratisation in Tamilnadu, New Delhi, Sage (0-7619-3323-9).

Gorringe, H 2005. 'You Build Your House, we'll build ours: The Attractions and Pitfalls of Identity Politics'. Social Identities, 11(6): pp653-672 .

 

This page was published on 2 November 2009


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