Partition literature

Significant Moves: Urvashi Butalia's Contribution to the Women's Movement in India.

by Anindya Bhattacharya

Bhattacharya, Anindya. "Significant Moves: Urvashi Butalia's Contribution to the Women's Movement in India." The Gendered India: Feminism and the Indian Gender Reality. Ed. Arnab Bhattacharya. Kolkata: Books Way, 2012. 141-157. Print.

Detecting synchronization clusters in multivariate time series via coarse-graining of Markov chains

by Carsten Allefeld

C. Allefeld and S. Bialonski. Detecting synchronization clusters in multivariate time series via coarse-graining of Markov chains. Physical Review E, 76:066207, 2007.
The uploaded version is from arXiv:0707.2479

Synchronization cluster analysis is an approach to the detection of underlying structures in data sets of multivariate... more Synchronization cluster analysis is an approach to the detection of underlying structures in data sets of multivariate time series, starting from a matrix R of bivariate synchronization indices. A previous method utilized the eigenvectors of R for cluster identification, analogous to several recent attempts at group identification using eigenvectors of the correlation matrix. All of these approaches assumed a one-to-one correspondence of dominant eigenvectors and clusters, which has however been shown to be wrong in important cases. We clarify the usefulness of eigenvalue decomposition for synchronization cluster analysis by translating the problem into the language of stochastic processes, and derive an enhanced clustering method harnessing recent insights from the coarse-graining of finite-state Markov processes. We illustrate the operation of our method using a simulated system of coupled Lorenz oscillators, and we demonstrate its superior performance over the previous approach. Finally we investigate the question of robustness of the algorithm against small sample size, which is important with regard to field applications.

Land, Water, and Food: Eco-cosmopolitan Feminist Praxis in Sabiha Sumar's Khamosh Pani

by Shazia Rahman

Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture
Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2011, Pages 187 - 201

In an attempt to address the violence against women in South Asia while also keeping the environment in mind, I argue... more In an attempt to address the violence against women in South Asia while also keeping the environment in mind, I argue that Sabiha Sumar's film Khamosh Pani resists both religious nationalism and global capitalism through an eco-cosmopolitan feminist stance that is grounded in a materiality of place signified by land, water, and food. In my reading, the eco-cosmopolitan feminism of this film critiques patriarchy in the Punjab across the border with India and, simultaneously, remains locally grounded in that place with its local language, customs, and religious practices. As the history of the partition of British India has shown, when fathers and brothers forced their women to commit suicide by jumping in the village well to avoid rape, they simultaneously poisoned the well-water as the men migrated across the border. Violence against women was also violence against the waters of the Punjab. After showing how the film is feminist, I discuss how it draws attention to the materiality of the Pakistani Punjab on eco-cosmopolitan feminist terms. Specifically, I demonstrate that portrayals of land, water, and food present crucial tensions between patriarchal and nationalist Islamization and the resistance of Pakistan's women to these forces. An eco-cosmopolitan feminist reading of this film is particularly significant at this time given the continued violence against women in Punjab in the name of honor.