by L. N. Venkataraman, Faculty at the Department of Policy Studies in TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS)
Is an equitable distribution of opportunities possible within a stratified social system in which caste-based socio-economic privileges are inherited and social mobility constrained? The Social Construction of Capabilities in a Tamil Village answers this question by analysing the intersections between caste, class and education, and argues that capabilities—that is, the competence or life skills one acquires through education—are socially constructed and not an inherent trait of the individual.
The presentation by the author is followed by a Q&A with Rosie Peppin-Vaughan, Lecturer in Education and International Development at UCL Institute of Education, University College London.