The Idu Mishmi people of Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, believe that tigers are their elder brothers. Killing tigers is, for the Idu Mishmi, a taboo. While their beliefs support wildlife conservation, they also offer a critique of the dominant mode of nature protection. Tigers Are Our Brothers places the Idu Mishmi experience at the centre of a global network of cultural, economic, and political tensions to contribute to our understanding of human-non-human relations.
The Idu Mishmi people of Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, believe that tigers are their elder brothers. Killing tigers is, for the Idu Mishmi, a taboo. While their beliefs support wildlife conservation, they also offer a critique of the dominant mode of nature protection. Tigers Are Our Brothers places the Idu Mishmi experience at the centre of a global network of cultural, economic, and political tensions to contribute to our understanding of human-non-human relations.
Ambika Aiyadurai is assistant professor in the department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India
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* List of Tables * List of Figures * List of Appendices * Glossary * Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION * Nature, Conservation and the role of Communities * Unpacking 'Nature' * Nature and Wilderness * Indigenous people and Nature * Nature and Neoliberalism * Nature of 'Community' participation * Imaging Nature and the Nation * Theme and Chapters * Chapter 2. MY JOURNEY IN THE LAND OF RISING SUN * Going beyond Questionnaires * Getting There and Starting Work * Living Among the Mishmi: Debunking Stereotypes * Where is your team? : Stereotyping the researcher * Challenges during Fieldwork * Writing the 'right' things? : Expectations from Mishmi * Producing Texts * Chapter 3: Mishmi Social Worlds: Animals, Humans and Spirits * Humans and Animals * Mishmi: A brief introduction * Wildlife Hunting * Hunting Methods * Hunting Rituals and Taboos * Code Names for Animals * Women and Wildlife Hunting * Mithun: A Ceremonial Cattle of the Mishmi * Mishmi's relation with Animals * Wildlife Conservation * Commentary * Chapter 4 THE THIN RED LINE: Living on the Sino-Indian Border * Mishmi: A Border Community * Geopolitical Significance * From the Chinese side * The British and The Mishmi: Imagining and shaping people and territory * 'Making up People': Tribes, Scheduled Tribes and Indigenous People * The Story of Yaaku Tacho * The Story of a Hunter on the Border * Biodiversity Conservation on the Border * Hunters as 'Border Protectors'? * Commentary * Chapter 5 MITHUN OUT AND TAKIN IN: Shifting Ecological Identity * Nature as an object of Identity * Adi-Mishmi Relations * Caring for the 'wild and rare'? * Mithun Out and Takin In: Why? * 'Racism' in Wildlife Conservation * Nationalizing and Federalizing Wildlife * Gibbon replaces Mithun * Adi-Mishmi conflict over Hunting * Role of Urban Mishmis * Influence of 'Hinduism' * Commentary * Chapter 6 - 'Amra and Apiya'': Tiger Conservation and its predicaments * 'Tigers are our Brothers' * Tiger as a National Animal * Dibang Tigers: Indian or Chinese? * Different 'Avatars' of Tigers * Friction?: When Researchers met Mishmi * Mediating Voices * Commentary * Chapter 7 - Conclusion * 'Sociological Emptiness' * Does tiger being a 'brother' help the tiger?
* List of Tables * List of Figures * List of Appendices * Glossary * Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION * Nature, Conservation and the role of Communities * Unpacking 'Nature' * Nature and Wilderness * Indigenous people and Nature * Nature and Neoliberalism * Nature of 'Community' participation * Imaging Nature and the Nation * Theme and Chapters * Chapter 2. MY JOURNEY IN THE LAND OF RISING SUN * Going beyond Questionnaires * Getting There and Starting Work * Living Among the Mishmi: Debunking Stereotypes * Where is your team? : Stereotyping the researcher * Challenges during Fieldwork * Writing the 'right' things? : Expectations from Mishmi * Producing Texts * Chapter 3: Mishmi Social Worlds: Animals, Humans and Spirits * Humans and Animals * Mishmi: A brief introduction * Wildlife Hunting * Hunting Methods * Hunting Rituals and Taboos * Code Names for Animals * Women and Wildlife Hunting * Mithun: A Ceremonial Cattle of the Mishmi * Mishmi's relation with Animals * Wildlife Conservation * Commentary * Chapter 4 THE THIN RED LINE: Living on the Sino-Indian Border * Mishmi: A Border Community * Geopolitical Significance * From the Chinese side * The British and The Mishmi: Imagining and shaping people and territory * 'Making up People': Tribes, Scheduled Tribes and Indigenous People * The Story of Yaaku Tacho * The Story of a Hunter on the Border * Biodiversity Conservation on the Border * Hunters as 'Border Protectors'? * Commentary * Chapter 5 MITHUN OUT AND TAKIN IN: Shifting Ecological Identity * Nature as an object of Identity * Adi-Mishmi Relations * Caring for the 'wild and rare'? * Mithun Out and Takin In: Why? * 'Racism' in Wildlife Conservation * Nationalizing and Federalizing Wildlife * Gibbon replaces Mithun * Adi-Mishmi conflict over Hunting * Role of Urban Mishmis * Influence of 'Hinduism' * Commentary * Chapter 6 - 'Amra and Apiya'': Tiger Conservation and its predicaments * 'Tigers are our Brothers' * Tiger as a National Animal * Dibang Tigers: Indian or Chinese? * Different 'Avatars' of Tigers * Friction?: When Researchers met Mishmi * Mediating Voices * Commentary * Chapter 7 - Conclusion * 'Sociological Emptiness' * Does tiger being a 'brother' help the tiger?
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