Obiettivo New roads are being constructed at unprecedented rates in certain parts of the world. The proposed research will ask: Why? To what end? Who benefits? What ideas lie in the foundations of this new infrastructure? Roads are presented as solutions to poverty, ‘development’ and economic growth? Are they? In what ways? What else might roads do? As cheap oil dwindles and questions of climate change remain, why are so many international institutions cultivating new roads?The project will provide the first ethnographic account of the culture of road builders, their knowledge practices, inter-relations and motivations. The research will be rooted in case studies of particular road projects in Pakistan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka. These sites have been selected to bring to the fore how nation-building, neo-liberalism, ambition, environmental vulnerability and modernity feature in contemporary road-building. We will look at the organisation of road building on the ground, in offices, and within a broader array of institutions and state bodies in national and international contexts in order to understand the global cultures of road-building practice.The project is academic in design and will contribute to various pressing and critical debates relating to power, global justice and environmental futures. The subject also merits wider discussion and at the core of the research design is an innovative collaboration between anthropologists and leading contemporary artists. Campo scientifico natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programma(i) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) ERC-CG-2013-SH2 - ERC Consolidator Grant - Institutions, Values, Beliefs and behaviour Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2013-CoG Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-CG - ERC Consolidator Grants Istituzione ospitante SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES ROYAL CHARTER Contributo UE € 1 212 468,70 Indirizzo THORNHAUGH STREET RUSSEL SQUARE WC1H OXG London Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Regione London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Tanya Roumelioti (Mrs.) Ricercatore principale Edward Simpson (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Beneficiari (3) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES ROYAL CHARTER Regno Unito Contributo UE € 1 212 468,70 Indirizzo THORNHAUGH STREET RUSSEL SQUARE WC1H OXG London Mostra sulla mappa Regione London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Tanya Roumelioti (Mrs.) Ricercatore principale Edward Simpson (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Regno Unito Contributo UE € 591 274,50 Indirizzo OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE EH8 9YL Edinburgh Mostra sulla mappa Regione Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Angela Noble (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Critical Art and Media Practices (CAMP) India Contributo UE € 194 415,60 Indirizzo 8 Punam CHS, 29/30 Union Park, Khar (w) 400052 Mumbai Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Other Contatto amministrativo Ashok Sukumaran (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato