Grievable/Disposable lives in the Anthropocene culture

Ecoprecarity, indigeneity and ecological wisdom in Kaala Paani

Bibliographic Data

ID4388718
AuthorsG Karmakar (0000-0002-9119-9486, Faculty of Arts and Design Durban University of Technology Durban South Africa, corresponding author), Payel Pal (0000-0002-6240-7856, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences LNM Institute of Information Technology Jaipur India)
Year2024
Volume74
Issue254
Pages1633-1648
Publication date2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Science Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8701 • E-ISSN: 1468-2451
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/issj.12533
OpenAlexW4401215969
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited69

Traditional media and contemporary digital communication platforms have been instrumental in developing environmental awareness and educating the general public about the entrenched dangers of ecoprecarity. Visual references like ecocinema, short films, documentaries and television series have shown how the Anthropocene is affecting the world and how important human-centred survival models are. These visual references have played a big part in ecological knowledge and shown possible ways to use socio-ecological practices. The present article critically analyses Kaala Paani, a contemporary Indian Hindi-language survival drama seven-episode television series, and foregrounds how this series not only represents the ecological issues we face but also fosters a stronger sense of ethical accountability towards the long-term impact of our decisions and actions on the natural environment. Through its focus on dramatizing environmental toxins and the power of indigenous and tribal knowledge to fight them, the series effectively tells viewers about the harmful effects of illegally exploiting the environmental buffer zone and the results of capitalist-driven developmentalism. The series also inspires them to recognize the overwhelming existence of nature that the discourse of the 'Anthropocene' has downplayed

Anthropocene · Biology · Environmental ethics · Social science · Sociology · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Ecology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy · Water Governance and Infrastructure

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