Shifting Perspectives in Tribal Studies: From an Anthropological Approach to Interdisciplinarity and Consilience

Description

This book brings together multidisciplinarity, desirability and possibility of consilience of borderline studies which are topically diverse and methodologically innovative. It includes contemporary tribal issues within anthropology and other disciplines. In addition, the chapters underline the analytical sophistication, theoretical soundness and empirical grounding in the area of emerging core perspectives in tribal studies. The volume alludes to the emergence of tribal studies as an independent academic discipline of its own rights. It offers the opportunity to consider the entire intellectual enterprise of understanding disciplinary and interdisciplinary dualism, to move beyond interdisciplinarity of the science-humanities divide and to conceptualise a core of theoretical perspectives in tribal studies. The book proves an indispensable reference point for those interested in studying tribes in general and who are engaged in the process of developing tribal studies as a discipline in particular. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi Rethinking Perspectives in Tribal Studies: Anthropology and Beyond (Maguni Charan Behera)....Pages 1-33 Front Matter ....Pages 35-35 Culture: The Indigenous Account (Alan Barnard)....Pages 37-51 Confluence of Hindutva Protagonists and Indigenous Religious Reform Movements in Northeast India (Soihiamlung Dangmei)....Pages 53-65 Indigenous Knowledge and Value Systems in India: Holistic Analysis of Tribal Education and the Challenge of Decentralising Control (Malvika Gupta, Felix Padel)....Pages 67-86 Front Matter ....Pages 87-87 Rajas, Adibasis and Their Goddess(es) (Uwe Skoda)....Pages 89-104 Front Matter ....Pages 105-105 Participation of South Odishan Tribes in Naxal Movements: A Contextual Analysis (K. Anuradha, Jagannath Dash)....Pages 107-131 Politics of Maoism, Adivasi Human Rights Issues and the State: A Study of Chhattisgarh (Rajesh Kumar Meher)....Pages 133-147 Environmental Illness at Klity Creek (Thailand): A Karen Village’s Quest for Justice (Malee Sitthikriengkrai, Nathan Porath)....Pages 149-165 Rallying Around Sacred Natural Sites: Adivasi Mobilisations in East-Central India (Radhika Borde)....Pages 167-182 Front Matter ....Pages 183-183 Non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and Livelihood Promotion of Tribes of Odisha (S. N. Tripathy)....Pages 185-202 A Content Analysis of Education Among the Scheduled Tribes in Jharkhand: Emphasising Government’s Perspective and Conscientiousness (Binod Narayan, Utpal Kumar Chakraborty)....Pages 203-231 Documentation and Digitisation for Access to Traditional Medicine Knowledge in Southern Odisha (Rashmi Pramanik)....Pages 233-250 Land, Property Rights and Management Issues in Tribal Areas of Jharkhand: An Overview (Hari Charan Behera)....Pages 251-271 Mining and Anthropology in Indian Industrialism (Rajanikant Pandey)....Pages 273-288 Front Matter ....Pages 289-289 Epidemiology of Blood Pressure Among the Tribes of Odisha (Kanhu Charan Satapathy, Prasanna Kumar Patra, Shyama Mohapatra)....Pages 291-312 Mother Care Among Some Bathudi Tribal Women in Simlipal Reserve Forest Area in Eastern India (Sutapa Mukhopadhyay, Ranjana Ray)....Pages 313-325 Front Matter ....Pages 327-327 Local Knowledge in Managing Upland Agriculture by the Adis in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India (Prasanna K. Samal, Rajiv Mili, Mihin Dollo)....Pages 329-349 Tribal Philosophy: An Epistemological Understanding on Tribal Worldview (Heni Francis Ariina)....Pages 351-370 Back Matter ....Pages 371-376