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Indigenous Peoples of the World: National Consortium of Tribal Arts and Culture – Gujarat
The term indigenous peoples is the term used here in connection with all ethnic groups inhabiting a geographic region with which they have the earliest historic connections, before colonization or annexation and who have maintained a distinct language, culture and … Continue reading
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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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Seminar on the issue of trans-border Asia’s trans-border communities: Struggling to preserve their social and cultural characteristics – National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation
Ipsita Pati, The Hindu, Kolkata, February 24, 2013 Tribal groups have to relocate themselves to create new identities or merge with bigger nations as an adaptive strategy to preserve their inherited social and cultural characteristics, said National Atlas & Thematic Mapping … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Assimilation, Government of India, History, Modernity, Networking, Organizations, Press snippets, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Tribal culture worldwide, Tribal identity
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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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Adivasis (Scheduled Tribes) are the largest tribal population in the world – World Directory of Minorities
From “Adivasis of India” (dated 2008) | Read the full article >> Alternative names: Scheduled Tribes, various tribal names e.g. Santhals, Hos, Mundas, Oraons, Gonds, Konds, Bhils etc. [...] The Adivasis (original inhabitants) is the collective name used for the many tribal … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Anthropology, Assimilation, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Government of India, Languages and linguistic heritage, Misconceptions, Names and communities, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Worship and rituals
Tagged Bhil, Gond, Ho, Kond, Munda, Oraon, Santal
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Memories of life in a remote Bhil hamlet on the Narmada river: “poor but not impoverished” – Maharashtra
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
Posted in Anthropology, Assimilation, Commentary, Customs, De- and re-tribalisation, Dress and ornaments, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Government of India, Health and nutrition, History, Misconceptions, Modernity, Music and dance, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Press snippets, Worship and rituals
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Book review: A Rogue and Peasant Slave by Shashank Kela
STAN THEKAEKARA, Indian Express, 5-1-2013 The Nine Per Cent An incisive account of adivasi survival, from colonial risings to contemporary insurgencies IS IT an anthropological study by an academic, a textbook by a historian, a political polemic by an activist … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Anthropology, Colonial policies, Cultural heritage, Forest Rights Act (FRA), History, Misconceptions, Names and communities, Press snippets, Storytelling
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Tribals’ excellent knowledge of the environment, closer to an ideal society: – Jharkhand
A.S.R.P. MUKESH, The Telegraph, Jharkhand, November 18, 2010 Ranchi, Nov. 17: He is British by birth, but prefers to call himself an Indian. Having lived in this country for three decades now, Felix Padel, the great great grandson of father of … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Anthropology, Colonial policies, Commentary, Customs, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Misconceptions, Modernity, Press snippets
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Video | Hanmi: A Treasure Trove of Oral Heritage – Karnataka
Published on Oct 13, 2012 Hanmi is the one of the few artists who has mastered the oral epic songs and other verbal art. She belongs to Gamokkalu tribe from Uttara Kannada district Karnataka. Sadly now Hanmi is the only … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Childhood and children, Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Customs, Dress and ornaments, Homes and utensils, Languages and linguistic heritage, Maps, Music and dance, Names and communities, Organizations, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Storytelling, Tribal elders, Video resources - external, Women, Worship and rituals
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (union territory, India), union territory, India, consisting of two groups of islands at the southeastern edge of the Bay of Bengal. [...] Port Blair (on South Andaman Island) is the territorial capital. [...] The Andamans comprise more … Continue reading
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Traditional dress, practices and festivals refashioned – Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh is home to about twenty-five separate tribes and as many languages/dialects in the Tibeto-Burman family. (Despite the descriptive inadequacies of the term ‘tribal’, the alternatives are equally imprecise; ‘tribal’ is a politicised category all over India [Beteille 1991], … Continue reading
Romanticising ‘indigenous peoples’ in the West just as in urban India
The impulse to romanticise ‘indigenous peoples’ is still a powerful force in scholarship and public debate, and not only in the West but also in urban India, where ‘tribal’ (adivasi or ‘first-inhabitant’) textiles are fashionable, tribal dances grace government parades, … Continue reading
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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
Admirable demographic regime of India’s tribes thanks to living in tune with the natural resources of their environment
By Arup Maharatna, Mainstream, Vol XLVIII, No 40, September 25, 2010 [...] Thus, the relatively low infant and child mortality (vis-à-vis adults) in the tribal population, if true, could provide a clue simultaneously to their relatively high CWR on the one … Continue reading
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Usage of ‘tribe’ traceable to colonial census authorities
By Arup Maharatna, Mainstream, Vol XLVIII, No 40, September 25, 2010 The term ‘tribe’, as is widely known, subsumes enormous complexities—both anthropological and historical. However, the British India Censuses used to enumerate tribes as Animists until the 1931 Census, in which … Continue reading
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Tribal culture and society characterised by comparatively high levels of autonomy, equality, and social position of tribal women
By Arup Maharatna, Mainstream, Vol XLVIII, No 40, September 25, 2010 There can be little dispute that the socio-cultural norms, practices, and rituals in the mainstream Hindu tradition subsume a deep ideological repugnance towards gender equality. But this contrasts with the … Continue reading
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Video | Jarawa and Onge – Andaman Islands
Uploaded by journeymanpictures on Jul 8, 2008 Source: Endangered Jarawa – India – YouTube Address : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlRSsvB4iLE&feature=relmfu Date Visited: Mon Nov 12 2012 16:52:48 GMT+0100 (CET) Samir Acharya heads SANE, an Indian environmental organization based in Port Blair in the Andaman … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Assimilation, Commentary, Community facilities, Customs, Dress and ornaments, Ecology and environment, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Health and nutrition, History, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, Tourism, Video resources - external
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Video | Chenchu hunter-gatherers – Andhra Pradesh
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
Posted in Anthropology, Customs, De- and re-tribalisation, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Government of India, Health and nutrition, Homes and utensils, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Quotes, Seasons and festivals, Tiger, Tribal elders, Video resources - external, Worship and rituals
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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 →