Ritambhara Hebbar
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 939712 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ritambhara Hebbar |
| NOMBRES | Ritambhara |
| APELLIDO | Hebbar |
| FIRMA | HEBBAR R |
| AFILIACIONES | Tata Institute of Social Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5427-9615 |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2005 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Migrants, Mobile Lives and Dissent
The Calling of Anthropology; Textures of the Ordinary
Das, Veena (2020); Textures of the Ordinary: Doing Anthropology After Wittgenstein, Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan; pp xii + 410, US $ 125 / Rs 1350
Tribe-Caste Dynamics in South India
There are over 150 tribal communities in South India. Many of them live in remote and forested areas. However, historically, they have had a close relationship with caste society. The dominance of caste is evident in their everyday contexts, economic relations and social status within the local social hierarchy. The article reflects on how the situation of tribes in South India cannot be fully comprehended without acknowledging the overbearing in…
Migration, village sociality, and mistrust
This article examines the phenomenon of migration in India’s villages. Drawing on research in Jharkhand and Maharashtra and selected village ethnographies it illustrates how migration shapes village histories, politics, and socialities. It presents a synoptic analysis of the dominant sociological and anthropological theories concerning the category “village” in India to reflect critically on the absence of a comprehensive framework that captures …
Undoing Historical Injustice? Critical Reflections on India’s Forest Rights Act, 2006
It has been fifteen years since the passing of The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, popularly known as the Forest Rights Act (FRA), but the discussion around this Act does not seem to die down. Intended to regularise illegal land holdings in forests across India and remedy the situation of numerous forest dwellers who live in perpetual fear of being evicted from their land, the Act h…
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) was established in 1986 and since then various environmental projects have been introduced in the region, across the three southern states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Local tribal communities have been protesting against these projects, both for its vision and politics that disregard their traditional association with forests. The article substantiates on both these protestations. There have been significa…
Professor Sharit Bhowmik
Homecoming
The forest, for the inhabitants of Mirra village in Jharkhand, is home, renewed and re-established through their labour every year. This process of renewal and restoration of home is termed as 'homecoming', wherein the latter not only secures a home for the villagers in the forest, but also puts in place their relationship with the natural and spirit world. Drawing on women's experiences and work on land and forests in Mirra village, this paper e…
Undoing Historical Injustice? Critical Reflections on India’s Forest Rights Act, 2006
It has been fifteen years since the passing of The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, popularly known as the Forest Rights Act (FRA), but the discussion around this Act does not seem to die down. Intended to regularise illegal land holdings in forests across India and remedy the situation of numerous forest dwellers who live in perpetual fear of being evicted from their land, the Act h…
Homecoming
The forest, for the inhabitants of Mirra village in Jharkhand, is home, renewed and re-established through their labour every year. This process of renewal and restoration of home is termed as 'homecoming', wherein the latter not only secures a home for the villagers in the forest, but also puts in place their relationship with the natural and spirit world. Drawing on women's experiences and work on land and forests in Mirra village, this paper e…
Professor Sharit Bhowmik
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) was established in 1986 and since then various environmental projects have been introduced in the region, across the three southern states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Local tribal communities have been protesting against these projects, both for its vision and politics that disregard their traditional association with forests. The article substantiates on both these protestations. There have been significa…
Undoing Historical Injustice? Critical Reflections on India’s Forest Rights Act, 2006
It has been fifteen years since the passing of The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, popularly known as the Forest Rights Act (FRA), but the discussion around this Act does not seem to die down. Intended to regularise illegal land holdings in forests across India and remedy the situation of numerous forest dwellers who live in perpetual fear of being evicted from their land, the Act h…
Migration, village sociality, and mistrust
This article examines the phenomenon of migration in India’s villages. Drawing on research in Jharkhand and Maharashtra and selected village ethnographies it illustrates how migration shapes village histories, politics, and socialities. It presents a synoptic analysis of the dominant sociological and anthropological theories concerning the category “village” in India to reflect critically on the absence of a comprehensive framework that captures …
Tribe-Caste Dynamics in South India
There are over 150 tribal communities in South India. Many of them live in remote and forested areas. However, historically, they have had a close relationship with caste society. The dominance of caste is evident in their everyday contexts, economic relations and social status within the local social hierarchy. The article reflects on how the situation of tribes in South India cannot be fully comprehended without acknowledging the overbearing in…
Migrants, Mobile Lives and Dissent
The Calling of Anthropology; Textures of the Ordinary
Das, Veena (2020); Textures of the Ordinary: Doing Anthropology After Wittgenstein, Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan; pp xii + 410, US $ 125 / Rs 1350
Geography (5 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 obras) · Anthropology (2 obras) · Archaeology (2 obras) · Caste (2 obras) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (2 obras) · Law (2 obras) · Law (2 obras)