Category Archives: De- and re-tribalisation

Tip | Search articles on tribal history, politics and literature on Ramachandra Guha’s website

Posted on 19/05/2013 by website administrator

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 →

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Tip | Publication: The Politics of Belonging in India: Becoming Adivasi

Posted on 13/05/2013 by website administrator

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 →

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Adivaani Trust: Kolkata-based publishing house for Adivasi literature – West Bengal

Posted on 30/04/2013 by website administrator

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 →

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An indigenous film industry for large indigenous populations: ‘Jhollywood’ tells the stories of modern Adivasis in Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Manipur

Posted on 15/04/2013 by website administrator

From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 26, Dated July 3, 2010 Jhollywood is calling Forget the faux tribals grunting in Raavan. Jharkhand has its own film industry, made by Adivasi filmmakers for Adivasi viewers, says G VISHNUIS BEERA Formula for … Continue reading →

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Bushmen, the original people of southern Africa, regain the right to live on their ancestral lands – Botswana

Posted on 11/04/2013 by website administrator

A celebration of the Bushmen’s historic court victory against their expulsion from their ancestral lands, weaving together photos and testimonies showing their profound connection to their homelands. The Bushmen are the original people of southern Africa. They can uniquely claim … Continue reading →

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Memories of life in a remote Bhil hamlet on the Narmada river: “poor but not impoverished” – Maharashtra

Posted on 09/04/2013 by website administrator

Simple ways of life Yoginder Sikand, Dec 23, 2012 : Reflections It was almost three decades ago and I have only very hazy memories of the trip. We, a batch of university students, accompanied our Anthropology professor to a remote tribal … Continue reading →

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A significant cultural moment among the Bodos: The literary rebirth of a compelling character in Indira Goswami’s novel “The Bronze Sword of Thengphakhri Tehsildar” – Assam

Posted on 03/04/2013 by website administrator

ARUNI KASHYAP, The Hindu, March 2, 2013 Indira Goswami’s novel on the legendary Bodo heroine Thengphakhri was not just about the life of a forgotten heroine, but also an attempt to reignite interest in an under-represented region of Assam’s history. I … Continue reading →

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Video | Learning from one another: An international exchange programme “for a new future for the Ainu people” – Japan

Posted on 25/03/2013 by website administrator

In January 2012, a Maori leader, Te Ururoa Flavell visited Ainumosir (Hokkaido) and Tokyo and witnessed the work Ainu people are doing in their communities to revitalize their culture, language, and rights. He immediately suggested that Ainu youth come to … Continue reading →

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Ensuring continued access to Indian medicine poorer sections of Indian society – Traditional Knowledge And World Intellectual Property Law

Posted on 19/03/2013 by website administrator

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 →

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Interview on the award winning documentary “Have You Seen The Arana?”: A sojourn that takes you through the crests, troughs and flats of Wayanad – Kerala

Posted on 16/03/2013 by website administrator

Catherine Rhea Roy, The Hindu, Bangalore, March 14, 2013 Though Ningal Aranaye Kando has a bleak premise, filmmaker Sunanda Bhat injects it with the lightness of everyday occurrences, simple slice-of-life moments and hope for the future, finds Catherine Rhea Roy. [...] … Continue reading →

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Consent from tribals no longer required by Govt. of India: handing forestlands over for projects that affect sacred places of worship

Posted on 14/03/2013 by website administrator

Nitin Sethi, Times Of India,  Feb 16, 2013, NEW DELHI: The government has diluted its stand on requiring consent from tribals before handing over their forestlands for projects in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court on the Vedanta case. … Continue reading →

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Forcing tribal peoples into the mainstream, exploitative ‘human safaris’ allowed to continue – Andaman Islands

Posted on 11/03/2013 by website administrator

Survival for tribal peoples, 5 March 2013 India’s Supreme Court today reportedly reversed its previous ‘interim order’ to ban ‘human safaris’ in the Andaman Islands, dealing a major blow to the campaign against the controversial tours. [...] Alarm bells also rang when … Continue reading →

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On the experience of translating Rabindranath Tagore’s Raktakarabi into Santali: Lecture by Boro Baski – West Bengal

Posted on 08/03/2013 by website administrator

Left to right: Prof. Dhoneswar Majhi, Dr. Boro Baski, Subhas Mukherjee (research scholar Visva-Bharati), his wife, Mrs. Chandni Mukherjee (high school teacher) and Mrs. Didimoni Hansda (high school teacher) 

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India’s Supreme Court orders a “no-go” zone: protecting the Jarawa people’s dignity and health – Andaman & Nicobar

Posted on 06/03/2013 by website administrator

Dhananjay Mahapatra, Times Of India,  Jan 22, 2013 Supreme Court bars entry of tourists in Jarawa tribe habitat NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday wanted to know from Andaman & Nicobar Island administration whether it intended to keep in isolation the … Continue reading →

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Tribal traditions, colonial history and the birth of a modern state – Jharkhand

Posted on 02/03/2013 by website administrator

Forests and woodlands occupy more than 29% of the state which is amongst the highest in India – www.jharkhand.gov.in | More  information and official statistics here >> The region enshrouded in the hills and forests inaccessible to a large segment of … Continue reading →

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Slideshow | Revitalizing the Tribal Research and Training Institutes placed under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs at the Adivasi Academy Tejgadh – Gujarat

Posted on 08/02/2013 by website administrator

A special workshop was hosted by the Adivasi Academy & Museum of Adivasi Voice at Tejgadh. It provided the Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ms Vibha Puri Das, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, with an opportunity to familiarize herself with the cultural practices and … Continue reading →

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“Educate them to get people to understand”: promoting cultural awareness through short films and Dreamtime stories – Australia

Posted on 23/01/2013 by website administrator

Published: 5 November 2012 Discover more about the Indigenous community of Mount Gambier, South Australia in this month’s Indigenous.gov.au Closing the Gap community profile. The traditional lands of the Bunganditj (Boandik) people, Mt Gambier is home to a growing Indigenous … Continue reading →

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Night’s End – play about the tiger, forests, and human survival – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 04/12/2012 by website administrator

The Hindu, Chennai, December 4, 2012  A play about the tiger, forests, and human survival, Night’s End, a JustUs Repertory production is presented by SS International and supported by Kalakshetra. Written and directed by Gowri Ramnarayan, the play features Sheejith Krishna … Continue reading →

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Human Development Report of Tribal Communities 2010 – Kerala

Posted on 27/11/2012 by website administrator

Roy Mathew, The Hindu, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, September 30, 2010 Land alienation continues to be a major issue among tribal communities, according to studies done by the State Planning Board. The Human Development Report of Tribal Communities in Kerala, prepared by the Planning … Continue reading →

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Video | Chenchu hunter-gatherers – Andhra Pradesh

Posted on 12/11/2012 by website administrator

Video by by Sathya Mohan The Chenchus are one of the last remaining tribes in India. They live a hand-to-mouth existence in the forest but attempts to integrate them in society have failed. For centuries, the Chenchus have survived as … Continue reading →

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Bastar art and the Hindu-isation of the tribal myth – Chhattisgarh

Posted on 24/10/2012 by website administrator

The Hindu, October 24, 2012 Niranjan Mahawar, 75, is a self-taught ethnologist of Chhattisgarh. He spent almost five decades in southern Chhattisgarh to study the life and art of the Bastar tribes. [...] Today, Mahawar — who was made famous in … Continue reading →

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Tiger conservation and tourism – its impact on the people in and around the tiger reserves

Posted on 14/10/2012 by website administrator

Infochange News & Features, August 2012 The Supreme Court order to ban tourism in core tiger reserves, and decisions to shoot poachers at sight find favour with some conservationists, the middle class and media. But what will their impact be … Continue reading →

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Ganesh N. Devy – biographical notes

Posted on 10/10/2012 by website administrator

Ganesh N. Devy, formerly professor of English at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, and a renowned literary critic and activist, is founder and director of the Tribal Academy at Tejgadh, Gujarat, and director of the Sahitya Akademi’s Project on … Continue reading →

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On equality and sharing: “a truly amazing sight” – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 20/09/2012 by website administrator

By Mari Marcel Thekaekara, The New Internationalist, September 14, 2012 Culture is a tricky thing. How do we define it? Who decides when customs and traditions, even ancient, cherished ones, can be dispensed with? These and many other similar questions have … Continue reading →

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Video | Honey gathering in the Gudalur valley – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 04/08/2012 by website administrator

The Kattunayakans are a honey gathering community in the Gudalur valley. Over generations they have mastered the skills required to take honey out of hives. Related posts ACCORD Bee festival and media workshop hosted by Accord – Gudalur (Tamil Nadu) … Continue reading →

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