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Rethinking non-traditional resistance at work : the case of the Indian Diaspora in Mauritius
Resistance at work can take many forms and this is reflected in the multiple ways it has been theorised in research. In this paper, I use postcolonial theory to analyse employee resistance in Mauritius. To do this, I deploy Homi Bhabhaâs concepts of mimicry, ambivalence and hybridity to explore non-traditional forms of resistance among the Indian Diaspora working in the hotel industry. Using ethnographic research, I firstly look at its âhomeâ-making practices as it is within the home that visions of community emerge (Bhabha, 1994) which could later influence behaviours at work. I argue that the Diaspora maintains connections with its ancestral roots via routine religious practices and language use while concomitantly resisting assimilation in the local context. The analysis is then extended to their workplace where further forms of non-traditional resistance are found to be enacted which are strongly influenced by the same values emerging at home
Rethinking non-traditional resistance at work: The case of the Indian Diaspora in Mauritius
RĂ©my Ollier And Imperial Citizenship
This essay discusses RĂ©my Ollierâs (1816â45) journalism. As an early claimant
of citizenship through (rather than against) the British Empire during the
1840s, Ollier attempted to redress a gap that he perceived between the
institutionalization of rights in Britain and Mauritius. Established accounts
of Ollierâs political intervention provide a rich narrative of how his efforts
are implicated in the development of rights in Mauritius and broader
postcolonial nationalisms. However, I argue that facets of his expression of
imperial citizenship reside apart from this genealogy. To explore how Ollier
uniquely created imperial citizenship, an âactsâ-influenced approach to
citizenship is adopted. By analyzing his writings in La Sentinelle de Maurice,
I reveal how imperial citizenship is generated through a subversive loyalism
to Britain and an orientalist portrayal of indentured labourers. I conclude by
mobilizing Ollierâs struggle as a challenge to the notion that citizenship
realizes itself in teleological fashion