Shaila Sharmeen
Biographic Data
| ID | 104806 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shaila Sharmeen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shaila |
| FAMILY NAME | Sharmeen |
| SIGNATURE | SHARMEEN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dhaka |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-4834-6261 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Making of a capitalist frontier
Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) were mainly covered with forest and interspersed jhum—shifting cultivation—plots until the beginning of the British colonial period in 1760. Since then, policy interventions undertaken by the state regimes to govern and regulate the indigenous people and maximize the extraction of natural resources gradually transformed the region into a capitalist frontier. Consequently, the operation of large-scale toba…
History, Collective Memory, and Identity. - The Munda of Barind Region, Bangladesh
Anthropos , Seite 197 - 205
The Politics of Irrigation
This article considers Munda–Muslim negotiations in the social and power context of the advent of new irrigation technology in contemporary Barind, Bangladesh. These negotiations have been made possible since the 1990s following the installation of deep tube wells (DTWs) for irrigation which enabled agricultural intensification of triple cropping. Irrigation water, rather than land, has thus become the focal point of socio-political negotiations …
In the name of 'underdeveloped' Adibashi
This paper aims to unpack the politics of NGO activism with the Munda – a minority Adibashi group in Bangladesh. In addition to offering microcredit, NGOs launched educational and awareness building programmes for the Adibashi. Most notably, the Munda are not content to blindly follow the instructions of NGOs – namely, to get educated, find a white-collar job, and develop identity politics – to improve their socio-economic and political positions…
History, Collective Memory, and Identity. - The Munda of Barind Region, Bangladesh
Anthropos , Seite 197 - 205
In the name of 'underdeveloped' Adibashi
This paper aims to unpack the politics of NGO activism with the Munda – a minority Adibashi group in Bangladesh. In addition to offering microcredit, NGOs launched educational and awareness building programmes for the Adibashi. Most notably, the Munda are not content to blindly follow the instructions of NGOs – namely, to get educated, find a white-collar job, and develop identity politics – to improve their socio-economic and political positions…
The Politics of Irrigation
This article considers Munda–Muslim negotiations in the social and power context of the advent of new irrigation technology in contemporary Barind, Bangladesh. These negotiations have been made possible since the 1990s following the installation of deep tube wells (DTWs) for irrigation which enabled agricultural intensification of triple cropping. Irrigation water, rather than land, has thus become the focal point of socio-political negotiations …
History, Collective Memory, and Identity. - The Munda of Barind Region, Bangladesh
Anthropos , Seite 197 - 205
Making of a capitalist frontier
Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) were mainly covered with forest and interspersed jhum—shifting cultivation—plots until the beginning of the British colonial period in 1760. Since then, policy interventions undertaken by the state regimes to govern and regulate the indigenous people and maximize the extraction of natural resources gradually transformed the region into a capitalist frontier. Consequently, the operation of large-scale toba…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)