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Tip | Publication: The Politics of Belonging in India: Becoming Adivasi
edited by Daniel J Rycroft, Sangeeta Dasgupta (2011) Source: The Politics of Belonging in India: Becoming Adivasi – Google Books Address : http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=z_Pe0z1ta_8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Date Visited: Mon May 13 2013 18:24:39 GMT+0200 (CEST) Related posts Adivasi Colonial policies History Literature and bibliographies … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Anthropology, Colonial policies, De- and re-tribalisation, History, Literature and bibliographies, Names and communities, Resources, Tips, Tribal identity
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Encouraging centuries-old life-skills of Irulas: Eking out a living outside forests – Tamil Nadu
APARNA KARTHIKEYAN, The Hindu, 11-12-12 Janaki Lenin’s book [My Husband and Other Animals], a compilation of her popular column in The Hindu MetroPlus, offers insights into her husband Rom Whitaker’s fascination for animals, particularly snakes When he came to Madras, Rom … Continue reading
Posted in Assimilation, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Literature and bibliographies, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, Press snippets, Rural poverty, Women
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Publications by social anthropologist Prof. Carol Upadhya, School of Social Sciences Bangalore: land rights and adivasi politics in Jharkhand
Carol Upadhya, a social anthropologist, is Professor in the School of Social Sciences [Bangalore]. Prof. Upadhya is Co-director of an international collaborative research programme entitled ‘Provincial Globalisation: The Impact of Reverse Transnational Flows in India’s Regional Towns’, and is Co-Anchor … Continue reading
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Adivaani Trust: Kolkata-based publishing house for Adivasi literature – West Bengal
Call for Support: Adivaani—Publishing the Adivasi Voice Adivaani is a new publishing house from Kolkata, which describes itself as a response to the endangered Adivasi cultural and historical heritage. For long, mainstre am publishing in India has neglected the documentation and publication … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Childhood and children, Community facilities, Cultural heritage, Customs, De- and re-tribalisation, Education and literacy, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature - fiction, Literature and bibliographies, Names and communities, Organizations, Resources, Revival of traditions, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Storytelling, Women, Worship and rituals
Tagged Munda, Oraon, Santal
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Documentation of tribal music of India by Bhasha and Adivasi Academy, Tejgadh – Gujarat
Times of India, Nov 6, 2011 VADODARA: Now, you will be able to peep into the life of tribals and even hum some of their songs. The Bhasha Research and Publication Centre (BRPC), which has taken up a project for … Continue reading
Posted in Literature and bibliographies, Modernity, Museum collections - India, Music and dance, Musicology, Names and communities, Performing arts, Press snippets, Resources, Seasons and festivals, Women
Tagged Charan, Rathwa
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Interview with Richard K. Wolf on his study titled “The Black Cow’s Footprint: Time, Space, and Music in the Lives of the Kotas of South India”
Excerpt from an interview with Richard K. Wolf, author of an award-winning study of Kota culture: The Black Cow’s Footprint: Time, Space, and Music in the Lives of the Kotas of South India (Permanent Black, Delhi 2005 ISBN 81-7824-126-9) and University of Illinois … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural heritage, Customs, History, Literature and bibliographies, Music and dance, Names and communities, Organizations, Quotes, Seasons and festivals
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Adivaani “the Adivasi voice”: A publishing house for India’s indigenous population – West Bengal
June 12, 2012 Who is adivaani Ruby Hembrom I believe not everyone is meant to do just one thing in life, I certainly am not. My 8 years of work experience in the Legal field, the Service Industry, the Social Development … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Childhood and children, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature and bibliographies, Media portrayal, Names and communities, Networking, Quotes, Storytelling, Women
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Mahatma Gandhi on industrialism and his appeal to capitalists of India to become “trustees to the welfare of the masses” – Young India 1928
Capitalists Of India Wardha Before 20 December 1928 GOD FORBID that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the West. The economic imperialism of a single tiny island kingdom (England) is today keeping the world in chains. … Continue reading
“Ayurveda has evolved from the folk medicine” – Book review: Medicine and Life Sciences in India
Review: Medicine and Life Sciences in India. Subbarayappa, B. V. (Ed.) 2001. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Pp: 771. Price not given. by D.P. Agrawal & Lalit Tiwari Of late the West is veering round to the Alternative … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Customs, Ecology and environment, Figures, census and other statistics, Globalization, Health and nutrition, History, Literature and bibliographies, Modernity, Quotes
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Ensuring continued access to Indian medicine poorer sections of Indian society – Traditional Knowledge And World Intellectual Property Law
Jennifer Anne Blaylock Rina Elster Pantalony Copyright, Legal Issues and Policy H72.1804 December 16, 2008 Traditional Knowledge And World Intellectual Property Law [...] TK [Traditional Knowledge] policies ideally benefit indigenous populations by protecting their specialized knowledge from exploitation by third parties. … Continue reading
Tip | A Digital Library of Language Relationships: searchable database and maps – multitree.org
Search information and create a customized map on multitree.org/search (e.g. Gondi, Santali) >> A customized map showing the distribution of the Santali created on multitree.org MultiTree is a project of The LINGUIST List to create and present a digital library of scholarly hypotheses about language relationships and … Continue reading
Posted in Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature and bibliographies, Maps, Names and communities, Networking, Quotes, Tips
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The Indigenous Peoples Funding and Resource Guide – free download and other resources
The Indigenous Peoples Funding and Resource Guide, which was developed in collaboration with International Funders for Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples Worldwide, has been distributed to hundreds of Indigenous communities and nonprofit organizations in both English and Spanish. more> Source: … Continue reading
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The Shola Trust Gudalur – Tamil Nadu
NGO Profile – Sanctuary Asia magazine February 2011: In Gudalar, at the edge of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, a small committed group of volunteers work to protect India’s shola forests – a mosaic of montane evergreen forests and grasslands found … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Childhood and children, Eco tourism, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Health and nutrition, Literature and bibliographies, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Tiger, Tribal culture worldwide, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
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‘Indigenous Voice: Mapping India’s Folk and Tribal Literature’ at World Book Fair 4-10 February 2013 – New Delhi
The twenty first New Delhi World Book Fair is being organised by the National Book Trust on the theme of ‘Indigenous Voice: Mapping India’s Folk andTribal Literature’. The Fair will be organized from 4th to 10th February 2013 at Pragati Maidan, … Continue reading
Posted in Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature and bibliographies, Networking, Organizations, Quotes, Seasons and festivals, Tribal identity
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JAGWAR Santal Literary Meet 2013 (23-24 January): Johar HRD Centre, Dumka – Jharkhand
View a slideshow Press coverage Report SANTAL ONOLIA HELMEL 2013 Introduction: For centuries, a large proportion of India’s rich literary heritage was conserved in oral form in the tribal/ indigenous/ adivasi languages of India. After these tribal languages were reduced … Continue reading
Posted in Literature - fiction, Literature and bibliographies, Names and communities, Networking, Organizations, Performing arts, Poetry, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Seasons and festivals, Storytelling, Women
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Video | Setu “bridge” on Adivasi poet and publisher Jeetendra Vasava belonging to the Narmada region – Gujarat
The clip is called Setu, meaning bridge and features Jeetendra Vasava, a young writer belonging to the Narmada region in south Gujarat. Jeetendra speaks Dehwali, a tribal language spoken in regions of south Gujarat and northern Maharashtra. Jeetendra is a faculty … Continue reading
The term ‘Adivasi’: neither an equivalent to ‘Tribe’ nor used in the Indian Constitution – Mainstream Weekly
By J.J. Roy Burman, Mainstream, Vol XLVII, No 32, July 25, 2009 In India the term ‘Adivasi’ has gained immense popularity in the last few decades to identify the tribes. This term is more commonly brought to use by the NGO … Continue reading
The American Indian Heritage Foundation – USA
The American Indian Heritage Foundation was establised in 1973 to provide relief services to Indian people nationwide and to build bridges of understanding and friendship between Indian and non-Indian people. Through informative materials, special events, cultural sharing opportunities and this … Continue reading
Posted in Literature and bibliographies, Media portrayal, Modernity, Music and dance, Musicology, Networking, Quotes, Tribal culture worldwide, Websites by tribal communities
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A View of Higher Education in India” – public lecture by Prof. Ganesh Devy
The dramatically adverse ratio between India’s rural population and the institutions of higher education relegates the entire rural population to the category of ‘educationally disadvantaged’. [...] In democracies all over the world, electoral politics inevitably envelopes public institutions, and the … Continue reading
Save Western Ghats Group (AERF) – Maharashtra
Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF) C-10, Natya Chitra Co-op Hsg. Soc. (Kalagram) Bhusari Colony, Kothrud, Pune – 411052 Maharashtra, INDIA www.savethewesternghats.org Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF) Since 2009 a group of experienced activists and practitioners came together to revive the … Continue reading
A tribal artist’s illustrations role in primary education – Gujarat
He used to draw pithoras on cloth. When Bhasha started the Bol magazine for tribal children, we invited Desing to draw the illustrations. Desing has not been to school and therefore the stories were read out to him. His illustrations, … Continue reading
Santal creation myth in “Painted Songs”: an exhibition and publication on Bengali picture-scroll traditions – Zurich (Switzerland)
A major exhibition at the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich provides new insights into the impact of modernity on India’s rural communities: Exhibition: ”Rollenspiel und Bildgesang: Geschichte und Geschichten bengalischer Bildrollen” 1.9.2012 to 3.3.2013 - information in German More information: ARNOLDSCHE Art … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Customs, Games and leisure time, History, Literature and bibliographies, Media portrayal, Misconceptions, Modernity, Museum collections - general, Musicology, Names and communities, Organizations, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Storytelling, Tribal culture worldwide, Women
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Tip | Search articles on tribal history, politics and literature on Ramachandra Guha’s website
Type “adivasi”, “tribal”, “Mahasweta Devi”, “Verrier Elwin”, the name of place or a tribal community or similar combinations of words in the the Quick Search field seen on Ramachandra Guha’s website >> Guha’s books include a pioneering environmental history, The … Continue reading →