Dai Identity in the Chinese Ecological Civilization
Negotiating Culture, Environment, and Development in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3351906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Zeng (0000-0002-3977-8114, Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 646 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel10120646 |
| OpenAlex | W2990980160 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 54 |
The Ecological Civilization (Eco-Civilization) is a Chinese political framework to advance a renewed human-nature relationship that engenders a sustainable form of economic development, and its narratives provide political impetus to conserve ethnic minority cultures whose traditional practices are aligned with state-sanctioned efforts for environmental protection. This official rhetoric is important in Xishuangbanna, a prefecture in Yunnan province renowned for its lush tropical rainforests and Dai ethnic minority. This article explores the relationship between Dai cultural identity and the Chinese state in the context of environmental concerns and development goals. Historical analyses of ethnic policies and transformations of landscapes and livelihoods are presented alongside descriptions of contemporary efforts by Dai community members and the Chinese state to enact Eco-Civilization directives, and they illustrate paradoxical circumstances in which political rhetoric and practice are seemingly at odds with one another, yet often contradict in such ways so as to further the Chinese state agenda. Moreover, case studies demonstrate how new policies and sustainable development efforts have often perpetuated structures and ideologies of the Maoist era to reinforce inequalities between central state powers and already marginalized ethnic minorities. These dynamics warrant further consideration as the Chinese government continues to champion its leadership in environmental governance
China · Civilization · Context (archaeology) · Environmental ethics · Ethnic group · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
Improvement, not displacement
From Education for a Sustainable Development to Ecological Civilization in China
Integrating biodiversity conservation and local community perspectives in China through human dimensions research
Tree Diversity and Regeneration in Sacred Groves and Nature Reserves in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China
Sustainability of what, for whom? A critical analysis of Chinese development induced displacement and resettlement (Didr) programs
Gender and Power in China's Environmental Turn
Buddhist Faces of Indigenous Knowledge in Highland Asia
Reconsidering Ecological Civilization from a Chinese Christian Perspective
The Compromise of Liberal Environmentalism
The Crisis of Global Modernity
Breathe Easy? Local Nuances of Authoritarian Environmentalism in China's Battle against Air Pollution
Theories of swidden agriculture, and the political economy of ignorance
Central–Local Relations
Section of Anthropology
The Discourse of Civilization and Pan-Asianism
The Rubber Juggernaut
Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
Environmental Winds
Routledge Handbook of Environment and Society in Asia
Mao's War against Nature
Rubber cultivation and sustainable development in Xishuangbanna, China
Ecological Governance of Rubber in Xishuangbanna, China
Preliminary study of ethnobotany in xishuang banna, people's republic of china
Sustainable development
Effects of Swidden Cultivation, State Policies, and Customary Institutions on Land Cover in a Hani Village, Yunnan, China
The Political, Social, and Ecological Transformation of a Landscape
Revisiting a Dramatic Triangle
Problematizing Ideas of Purity and Timelessness in the Conservation Narratives of Sacred Groves in Xishuangbanna, China
Economic development, land use and biodiversity change in the tropical mountains of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, Southwest China
"Four Civilizations" and the Evolution of Post-Mao Chinese Socialist Ideology
Patterns and management of agroforestry systems in Yunnan
Ecological Civilization, Indigenous Culture, and Rural Reconstruction in China
Governing minorities and development in Xishuangbanna, China
Ideological Landscapes
Taming Tibet
Ecological civilization
The Trouble with Wilderness
Gender and Internal Orientalism in China
Integrating Sacred Knowledge for Conservation
Worry for the Dai Nation
The Corporeal Politics of Quality (Suzhi)
The Catch-22 of Conservation
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |