TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple Developments
T2 - Intergenerational Aspiration and Contested Childhoods in a Delhi NGO
AU - McCarthy, Annie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Australian National University.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In slum communities in Delhi, India, aspirations typically transcend individual lifespans, with children regarded as both the beneficiaries and means of achieving their family’s goals of development. Yet these children, and the familial projects of development they carry with them, meet a range of institutionalised and formalised concepts of development in the space of the local NGOs that increasingly surround their community. This article explores what happens when multiple traditions of development come together, describing the ways children, their parents, and NGO workers navigate the very different values, histories and collectivities that ground their aspirations. Specifically, by focusing on development organisations that seek to engage children through extra-curricular activities, this article ethnographically explores both the value/values and dangers associated with this form of development.
AB - In slum communities in Delhi, India, aspirations typically transcend individual lifespans, with children regarded as both the beneficiaries and means of achieving their family’s goals of development. Yet these children, and the familial projects of development they carry with them, meet a range of institutionalised and formalised concepts of development in the space of the local NGOs that increasingly surround their community. This article explores what happens when multiple traditions of development come together, describing the ways children, their parents, and NGO workers navigate the very different values, histories and collectivities that ground their aspirations. Specifically, by focusing on development organisations that seek to engage children through extra-curricular activities, this article ethnographically explores both the value/values and dangers associated with this form of development.
KW - Child Marriage
KW - Children
KW - Dreams
KW - Education
KW - India
KW - Kinship
KW - Narrative
KW - Risk
KW - Slums
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118205555&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14442213.2021.1966495
DO - 10.1080/14442213.2021.1966495
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118205555
SN - 1740-9314
VL - 22
SP - 380
EP - 395
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology
IS - 5
ER -