This course will explore cultural issues in coastal management. Issues of gender and disadvantaged groups will be discussed, with visits to fishing villages which are culturally distinct from upland populations. Students will explore the culturally distinct roles for women in the resource harvesting, production, and processing of natural resources. The academics of the course explores the issues that have dogged development and policy discourse for several decades – primarily the role and contribution of women within the development sector. We trace the growth of several approaches "WID WAD GAD" within the global and more specifically, the Indian context. Opportunities to interact with researchers, activists and practitioners in the field are available.

Locations: As this course is highly observational in nature, key topics are discussed at all travel locations.