Devbans, Caste, Gender and the State

Political Ecology of a Sacred Grove of Himachal Pradesh

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22128552
AutoresSupriya Rani (0000-0002-6401-0772, University of Delhi, autor de correspondencia), Neera Agnimitra (0000-0001-7210-8633, University of Delhi)
Año2021
Volumen7
Número1
Páginas51-64
Fecha de publicación2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Inclusion Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2394-4811 • E-ISSN: 2516-6123
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/23944811211020370
OpenAlexW3171867417
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias 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