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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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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