Devbans, Caste, Gender and the State

Political Ecology of a Sacred Grove of Himachal Pradesh

Dados Bibliográficos

ID22128552
AutoresSupriya Rani (0000-0002-6401-0772, University of Delhi, autor correspondente), Neera Agnimitra (0000-0001-7210-8633, University of Delhi)
Ano2021
Volume7
Fascículo1
Páginas51-64
Data de publicação2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Social Inclusion Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2394-4811 • E-ISSN: 2516-6123
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/23944811211020370
OpenAlexW3171867417
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas9

Devbans are the parts of forest territory that have been traditionally conserved in reverence to the local deities in various parts of Himachal Pradesh. Today, they stand at the intersection of tradition and modernity. This paper endeavours to study the political ecology of a Devban in the contemporary times by looking at the power dynamics between various stakeholders with respect to their relative decision making power in the realm of managing the Devban of Parashar Rishi Devta. It further looks at howcertain political and administrative factors can contribute towards the growth or even decline of any Devban. The study argues that in the contemporary times when the capitalist doctrines have infiltrated every sphere of the social institutions including the religion, Devbans have a greater probability of survival when both the state and the community have shared conservatory idealsand powers to preserve them

Biology · Caste · Environmental ethics · Modernity · Political ecology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realm · Reverence · Social science · Sociology · State formation · Education, Technology, and Ethics · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Postmodernism in Literature and Education · Ecology