Video | Little Tibet: Learning in Ladakh by Kavita Meegama – Ladakh
Learning in Ladakh from K K on Vimeo. Ladakh is ‘little Tibet’ culturally speaking and geographically it provides a habitat for the shy and reclusive Snow Leopard which is on …
Learning from the Kattunayakan community: How to live with elephants? – Tamil Nadu
Elephant conservation: Can elephants and humans live together? Berserk beasts, trashed crops, vengeful villagers: tales of ‘conflict’ come thick and fast as humans and elephants are forced into closer contact. But …
eJournal | Launching a New Scholarly Journal on “Music and Minorities” – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Music and Minorities Research Center, mdw –University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria | Correspondence: [email protected] The study of music in relation to minority communities has grown into a …
“Who is Indian, and what makes a person an Indian?”: Questions debated among members of 565 recognized American Indian tribes
My answer? There are many definitions of who is an Indian. As a starting point, “Indian” is a misguided label that spread through Europe after 1492. Native people have always …
“Not a lack of knowledge but loss of land”: How forced dependence on distribution system shatters self-sustained communities – Kerala
The tribes in Attappady are classified into three categories; Kurumba, Irula and Muduga. Kurumbas live deep inside the forests in 19 settlements of Pudur. Whereas, most of the Irula and Muduga populations …
In support of language diversity and cultural diversity – Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources
Today, our world is experiencing a rapid decline in cultural diversity and the eradication of indigenous peoples and their lifeway. One in five people in the world speak the same …
Ancestors, social values and clan practices: Cultural identity transmitted through the weaves of the North-East – Seven Sister States
Folklore, myths and handloom Hidden within the colour, weave and design of tribal textiles are many legends If you were to look beyond the visible landscape of a weave, you …
What Adivasis themselves have to say: Reflections on life, religion, politics, the past, the present, and the world around them – Tamil Nadu
Reams have been written about adivasis by so-called experts. Much of it is subjective interpretation, an exercise I have always been wary of indulging in. For this issue, therefore, my …