The mission of People Studies is to create an alternative political culture by committing itself to people-centred, field-based, research-oriented knowledge-action movement. People — especially the periphery, marginalised and excluded communities including farmers and tribals, rural and urban poor, the emerging digitised cyber generations, and vulnerable groups such as children, women, the […]
The vision of People Studies is to work towards an equitable, hunger-free, healthy and safe society on an earth that is tilled with respect and inhabited in harmony with the universal rhythm — an end to be attained through engaging itself in people-building processes encompassing research and training endeavours leading to a knowledge-action movement evincing […]
Psephological and Public Opinion Studies: State-wide ‘State-of-the-State’ surveys and need-based opinion polls to spearhead reforms in electoral system and jurisprudence and to unravel the complex ‘caste-religion-party-film-cash’ penta-factor nexus that typifies the Indian / Thamizh voters’ political psyche, with emphasis on fan club phenomenon and gender parity. Culture, Media Systems and Consumption Studies: State-wide and specific […]