"Indigeneity" has become a prominent yet contested concept in national and international politics, as well as within the social sciences. This edited volume draws from authors representing different disciplines and perspectives, exploring the dependence of indigeneity on varying sociopolitical contexts, actors, and discourses with the ultimate goal of investigating the concept's scientific and political potential.
"Indigeneity" has become a prominent yet contested concept in national and international politics, as well as within the social sciences. This edited volume draws from authors representing different disciplines and perspectives, exploring the dependence of indigeneity on varying sociopolitical contexts, actors, and discourses with the ultimate goal of investigating the concept's scientific and political potential.
Nasir Uddin is a Cultural Anthropologist based in Bangladesh and a Professor of Anthropology at Chittagong University. His edited books include To Host or To Hurt: Counter-narratives on the Rohingya Refugee Issues in Bangladesh (ICDR, 2012) and Life in Peace and Conflict: Indigeneity and State in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Orient BlackSwan, 2017).
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List of Illustrations Preface Adam Kuper Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Exploring Indigeneity: Introductory Remarks Nasir Uddin, Eva Gerharz, and Pradeep Chakkarath PART I: STRUGGLES OVER LAND AND RESOURCES Chapter 1. On the Nature of Indigenous Land: Ownership, Access and Farming in Upland Northeast India Erik de Maaker Chapter 2. Considering the Implications of the Concept of Indigeneity for Land and Natural Resource Management in Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos Ian G. Baird PART II: BECOMING INDIGENOUS Chapter 3. Processes of Modernization, Processes of Indigenization: an Amazonian Case (Yanomami, Southern Venezuela) Gabriele Herzog-Schröder Chapter 4. Indigenous Activism Beyond Ethnic Groups: Shifting Boundaries and Constellations of Belonging Eva Gerharz Chapter 5. In Search of Self: Identity, Indigeneity, and Cultural Politics in Bangladesh Nasir Uddin PART III: INDIGENEITY AS A POLITICAL RESOURCE Chapter 6. Different Trajectories of Indigenous Rights Movements in Africa: Insights from Cameroon and Tanzania Michaela Pelican Chapter 7. Politics of Indigeneity in the Andean Highlands: Indigenous Social Movements and the State in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru (1940-2015) Olaf Kaltmeier Chapter 8. Conflicting Dimensions of Indigeneity as a Contested Political Resource in Contemporary Mexico Gilberto Rescher PART IV: INDIGENEITY AND THE STATE Chapter 9. Intimate Antagonisms: Adivasis and the State in Contemporary India Uday Chandra Chapter 10. Indigeneity, Culture and the State: Social Change and Legal Reforms in Latin America Wolfgang Gabbert Chapter 11. Fluid Indigeneities in the Indian Ocean: A Small History of the State and its Other Philipp Zehmisch Postscriptum: The Futures of Indigenous Medicine: Networks, Contexts, Freedom William S. Sax Index
List of Illustrations Preface Adam Kuper Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Exploring Indigeneity: Introductory Remarks Nasir Uddin, Eva Gerharz, and Pradeep Chakkarath PART I: STRUGGLES OVER LAND AND RESOURCES Chapter 1. On the Nature of Indigenous Land: Ownership, Access and Farming in Upland Northeast India Erik de Maaker Chapter 2. Considering the Implications of the Concept of Indigeneity for Land and Natural Resource Management in Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos Ian G. Baird PART II: BECOMING INDIGENOUS Chapter 3. Processes of Modernization, Processes of Indigenization: an Amazonian Case (Yanomami, Southern Venezuela) Gabriele Herzog-Schröder Chapter 4. Indigenous Activism Beyond Ethnic Groups: Shifting Boundaries and Constellations of Belonging Eva Gerharz Chapter 5. In Search of Self: Identity, Indigeneity, and Cultural Politics in Bangladesh Nasir Uddin PART III: INDIGENEITY AS A POLITICAL RESOURCE Chapter 6. Different Trajectories of Indigenous Rights Movements in Africa: Insights from Cameroon and Tanzania Michaela Pelican Chapter 7. Politics of Indigeneity in the Andean Highlands: Indigenous Social Movements and the State in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru (1940-2015) Olaf Kaltmeier Chapter 8. Conflicting Dimensions of Indigeneity as a Contested Political Resource in Contemporary Mexico Gilberto Rescher PART IV: INDIGENEITY AND THE STATE Chapter 9. Intimate Antagonisms: Adivasis and the State in Contemporary India Uday Chandra Chapter 10. Indigeneity, Culture and the State: Social Change and Legal Reforms in Latin America Wolfgang Gabbert Chapter 11. Fluid Indigeneities in the Indian Ocean: A Small History of the State and its Other Philipp Zehmisch Postscriptum: The Futures of Indigenous Medicine: Networks, Contexts, Freedom William S. Sax Index
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