Theentrepreneur: Made Some Article Added Tags...

2026-02-09T06:13:41Z

Made Some Article Added Tags...

New page

{{Short description|Indian anthropologist}}
{{Orphan|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = G. Prakash Reddy
| occupation = [[Anthropologist]]
| education = [[Andhra University]]
| workplaces = [[Andhra University]]<br/> [[Sri Venkateswara University]]
| known_for = ''Danes are like that! Perspectives of an Indian Anthropologist on the Danish Society''
| birth_date = 1940
}}

{{Anthropology}}

'''G. Prakash Reddy''' is an Indian [[anthropologist]] who specializes in studying villages, both in India and in Denmark.

== India ==
Reddy studied Indian villages and tribal communities, including the hunting and gathering and horticultural communities of the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]].<ref>{{Cite book
| chapter = Hunter-Gatherers and the Politics of Environment and Development in India
| title = Key Issues in Hunter-Gatherer Research
| publisher = [[Routledge]]
| isbn = 9781003134961
| author = G. Prakash Reddy
| chapter-url = https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003134961-28/hunter-gatherers-politics-environment-development-india-prakash-reddy
| year = 1994
| doi = 10.4324/9781003134961-28
| s2cid = 225311793
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book
| title = Scarcity and Survival: A Study in Culture Ecology of Chowra Island in Nicobar Archipelago
| year = 1982
| author = G. Prakash Reddy
| publisher = D.K. Publications
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book
| title = Studies in island cultures of India
| year = 1987
| author = G. Prakash Reddy, V. Sudarsen
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book
| title = Religion and Society in South India
| year = 1988
| author = G. Prakash Reddy
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book
| title = Politics of Tribal Exploitation
| year = 1987
| publisher = Mittal Publications
| author = G. Prakash Reddy
}}</ref>

== Denmark ==

Reddy's observations during his stay in the village of [[Hvilsager]] in East Jutland around 1990 have been the basis for several of his publications, in particular the book ''Sådan er danskerne! En indisk antropologs perspektiv på det danske samfund''.,<ref>{{Cite book
| title = Sådan er danskerne! : en indisk antropologs perspektiv på det danske samfund
| author = G. Prakash Reddy
| publisher = [[Grevas]]
| isbn = 87-7235-622-7
| year = 1991
}}</ref> published in 1991 by Grevas, which was translated in English as ''Danes are like that! Perspectives of an Indian Anthropologist on the Danish Society''.<ref>{{Cite book
| author = G. Prakash Reddy
| title = Danes are like that! : perspectives of an Indian anthropologist on the Danish society
| year = 1993
| publisher = [[Grevas]]
| isbn = 87-7235-624-3
}}</ref> His field work was the subject of the documentary film ''Brev til Indien'' (''Letter to India'').<ref>{{Cite AV media
| title = Brev til Indien
| author = Maria Rytter, Søren Kloch, Lars Vestergaard, Henrik Bohn Ipsen
| url = https://www.dfi.dk/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/brev-til-indien
| year = 1991
| access-date = November 14, 2021
}}</ref>
This work was published academically as ''Research processen in cross-cultural context : an indian anthropologist looks at a Danish village community'' in 1990.<ref>{{Cite book
| author = G. Prakash Reddy
| title = Research processen in cross-cultural context : an indian anthropologist looks at a Danish village community
| publisher = [[Aarhus Universitet]]
| isbn = 9788777250750
| year = 1990
}}</ref>
In 1997, he published ''"Har du været på højskole?" : en indisk antropolog ser på et mini-Danmark'' (''"Have you been to high school? ": An Indian anthropologist looks at a mini-Denmark'')<ref>{{Cite book
| author = G. Prakash Reddy
| title = "Har du været på højskole?" : en indisk antropolog ser på et mini-Danmark
| publisher = Grevas
| year = 1997
| isbn = 87-7235-638-3
}}</ref> with [[Poul Pedersen (anthropologist)|Poul Pedersen]],
and in 1998 ''Danske dilemmaer'',<ref>{{Cite book
| author = G. Prakash Reddy
| title = Danske dilemmaer
| year = 1998
| publisher = Grevas
| isbn = 87-7235-640-5
}}</ref> translated in English as ''Danish dilemmas : perspectives of an Indian anthropologist on values in Danish society''.<ref>{{Cite book
| author = G.Prakash Reddy
| title = Danish dilemmas : perspectives of an Indian anthropologist on values in Danish society
| publisher = Sri Venkateswara University
| year = 2002
}}</ref>
He also contributed to ''Foreningslivet i Danmark : nye vilkår i en zappertid'' og ''Danskere : 17 tanker om danskere og danskheden''.<ref>{{Cite book
| title = Foreningslivet i Danmark : nye vilkår i en zappertid
| year = 2001
| isbn = 87-90891-07-4
}}</ref>
His work was covered by the mainstream press at the time<ref>{{Cite magazine
| title = An Indian in Hvilsager: Danish Life According to Indian Anthropologist Prakash Reddy
| magazine = The Economist
| date = 25 January 1992
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine
| title = India Anthropologist Finds Denmark Wanting : Research: He laments the loneliness and lack of human values in remote village and asks if prosperity can be achieved without such sacrifices
| magazine = LA Times
| author = Christopher Follett
| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-20-mn-5117-story.html
| date = June 20, 1993
| access-date = November 15, 2021
}}</ref> as well as by the specialised press,<ref>{{Cite book
| chapter = Prakash Reddy, Danes are like that! Perspectives of an Indian Anthropologist on the Danish Society
| title = American Anthropologist
| volume = 96
| issn = 1548-1433
| author = Jonathan M. Schwartz
| date = September 1994
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
| author = Jakob Krause-Jensen
| date = January 2013
| title = Trekantsdrama i Hvilsager
| journal = Jordens Folk
| volume = 48
| url = https://tidsskrift.dk/jf/article/view/20257
| access-date = November 18, 2021
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite conference
| title = Racialised minority as the researcher: Challenging epistemological violence
| author = Rashmi Singla
| date = 7 January 2021
| conference = 20th Nordic Migration Research Conference and the 17th Society for the Study of Ethnic Relations and International Migration (ETMU) Conference
| url = https://forskning.ruc.dk/en/publications/racialised-minority-as-the-researcher-challenging-epistemological
| access-date = November 23, 2021
}}</ref> and has entered Danish culture.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Danes from an Indian Perspective
| date = December 10, 2019
| website = 400 Years Together - India & Denmark Together
| url = https://www.400years.dk/people-places-2/danes-from-an-indian-perspective
| access-date = November 18, 2021
}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Prakash}}
[[Category:21st-century Indian anthropologists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian anthropologists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

Prakash Reddy - Revision history

Theentrepreneur: Made Some Article Added Tags...