Viswesh Rammohan is a PhD student in Sociology and Social Anthropology. His dissertation project focuses on the growth of the city of Madras (now called Chennai) in South India during the British Raj. His research utilizes different archival materials from the colonial period. The thesis explores the nature of labour mobilization and its relationship to capital, urbanization and policing by focusing on local processes of accumulation and the expansion of global capitalism. His methodologies are located at the intersection of the fields of history, sociology and anthropology.
Outside of this, his interests coalesce around photography, film-making and the relationship between visual forms and pedagogy.
Broad areas of research interest: labour, colonialism, urbanization, historical sociology
