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Politics of Knowledge in Development: The Case of Sugar as an Artificial Sweetener

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  • Arun Kumar Singh

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The article aims to explicate the binary created between the two sweeteners, that is, gur (jaggery) and sugar. The focal point of this article is to understand with the analytical framework of politics of knowledge how a ‘traditional’ sweetener, that is, gur , is replaced from our diet by a ‘modern’ sweetener, that is, sugar. This framework replaces the term ‘traditional’ knowledge with ‘already existing knowledge system’ (AEKS, as spelt out by Banerjee [2021, Studies in Indian Politics , vol. 9, pp. 78–90]) and its transformation is examined in five different spaces: epistemology, political economy, historical context, state policy and collective action. In the first section, the epistemic hegemony of sugar is deconstructed through analytical understanding of technological processing; in the second, the changing political economy of sweeteners is explored. The third analyses post-colonial sugar policy showing the continuum from the colonial; and the fourth explores the politics of collective action to challenge and delegitimize the hegemony of sugar.

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  • Arun Kumar Singh, 2022. "Politics of Knowledge in Development: The Case of Sugar as an Artificial Sweetener," Studies in Indian Politics, , vol. 10(1), pages 107-117, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indpol:v:10:y:2022:i:1:p:107-117
    DOI: 10.1177/23210230221082798
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