L Lam Khan Piang
Biographic Data
| ID | 4063909 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Lam Khan Piang |
| GIVEN NAMES | L Lam Khan |
| FAMILY NAME | Piang |
| SIGNATURE | PIANG L L K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hyderabad |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
History Binds Us, Can Break Us Too
Monuments with inscriptions have always been an important source of history and are helpful for reconstructing the past. They recreate collective memories, as they were erected to commemorate significant events from the past. The historical process of state formation, especially among the former colonies, has bound different ethnic communities, which obliges them to initiate state nation-building processes. So, memories which are recreated, remem…
Contestation of etic categorizations and emic categories
Colonial ethnographers employed certain categories for classification, invariably picked from neighbouring communities, to identify the people they studied. As a result, such categories have ‘regional’ connotations, depending upon the routes taken while entering their territory. This article examines how various local group identities were formed across clans and lineage identities, and argues that such identities have directional, locational and…
Overlapping Territorial Claims and Ethnic Conflict in Manipur
The current engagement of the government of India with various insurgent groups in Manipur’s hill areas makes it imperative to revisit certain problems related to local ethnicity construction and, more importantly, to specifically address burning issues of overlapping territorial demands. The article argues that such overlapping territorial claims, which have their roots in colonial processes of ethnicisation, need to be tackled as a matter of ur…
Ethnic mobilisation for decolonisation
This article attempts to communicate the methodological tension between subjectivity and objectivity by recording the aspiration of communities who are problematised both by colonialism and the modern nation-state. It highlights how colonial policy and practice contribute to the postcolonial imbroglio in Northeast India. It delineates how British colonial cartography always gave priority to ‘administrative convenience’ in the demarcation of bound…
Overlapping Territorial Claims and Ethnic Conflict in Manipur
The current engagement of the government of India with various insurgent groups in Manipur’s hill areas makes it imperative to revisit certain problems related to local ethnicity construction and, more importantly, to specifically address burning issues of overlapping territorial demands. The article argues that such overlapping territorial claims, which have their roots in colonial processes of ethnicisation, need to be tackled as a matter of ur…
Contestation of etic categorizations and emic categories
Colonial ethnographers employed certain categories for classification, invariably picked from neighbouring communities, to identify the people they studied. As a result, such categories have ‘regional’ connotations, depending upon the routes taken while entering their territory. This article examines how various local group identities were formed across clans and lineage identities, and argues that such identities have directional, locational and…
Ethnic mobilisation for decolonisation
This article attempts to communicate the methodological tension between subjectivity and objectivity by recording the aspiration of communities who are problematised both by colonialism and the modern nation-state. It highlights how colonial policy and practice contribute to the postcolonial imbroglio in Northeast India. It delineates how British colonial cartography always gave priority to ‘administrative convenience’ in the demarcation of bound…
Ethnic mobilisation for decolonisation
This article attempts to communicate the methodological tension between subjectivity and objectivity by recording the aspiration of communities who are problematised both by colonialism and the modern nation-state. It highlights how colonial policy and practice contribute to the postcolonial imbroglio in Northeast India. It delineates how British colonial cartography always gave priority to ‘administrative convenience’ in the demarcation of bound…
Overlapping Territorial Claims and Ethnic Conflict in Manipur
The current engagement of the government of India with various insurgent groups in Manipur’s hill areas makes it imperative to revisit certain problems related to local ethnicity construction and, more importantly, to specifically address burning issues of overlapping territorial demands. The article argues that such overlapping territorial claims, which have their roots in colonial processes of ethnicisation, need to be tackled as a matter of ur…
Contestation of etic categorizations and emic categories
Colonial ethnographers employed certain categories for classification, invariably picked from neighbouring communities, to identify the people they studied. As a result, such categories have ‘regional’ connotations, depending upon the routes taken while entering their territory. This article examines how various local group identities were formed across clans and lineage identities, and argues that such identities have directional, locational and…
History Binds Us, Can Break Us Too
Monuments with inscriptions have always been an important source of history and are helpful for reconstructing the past. They recreate collective memories, as they were erected to commemorate significant events from the past. The historical process of state formation, especially among the former colonies, has bound different ethnic communities, which obliges them to initiate state nation-building processes. So, memories which are recreated, remem…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (3 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works)