Video | Keynote “Whose environment, whose laws?” Oregon’s Public Interest Environmental Law Conference – Survival International

Transcription from the video excerpt From 30:38 What Survival isn’t about: It’s not about keeping anybody as they are. It’s not about preserving cultures. And the reason we stress that is: because as soon as you say ‘culture’, as soon as you say ‘preserving’, people think you are talking about the past. People think culture is … Read more

Adivasi song from Gudalur valley – Tamil Nadu

The music of Thudi (drum) and the Cheenam (wind instrument) is accompanied by dancing. The music is interrupted by extempore stories, where the dancers make fun of each other. CD: Putheri – Songs of the Adivasi (Track 8) © Adivasi Munnetra Sangam Gudalur Viswa Bharati Vidyodaya TrustThottamoolaGudalur – 643212The NilgirisTamil NaduIndia www.adivasi.net/vidyodaya.php To get a … Read more

Video | Kalpvriksha, the “heavenly” coconut tree: Useful and eco-friendly household items made by the Gawda community – Goa

For more information, visit videovolunteers.org >>  Coconut is used widely in Goa, but it’s only the tribals such as Gawdas who weave mats out of the coconut fronds. The Gawdas are a tribal community living in Cotigaon forest of south Goa. Devidas, the correspondent of this video belongs to the community. As forest-dwellers, the Gawdas rely heavily … Read more

School in the cloud: Children with mentors on the other side of the world

Alison Gee BBC World Service [Magazine], BBC 25 April 2014 | Read the full report >> Five years ago, an Indian schoolboy struck up an unlikely friendship with a retired teacher in London – and with her help he is now studying to be a doctor. Even though they live thousands of miles apart and have never … Read more

Latest Publications from Anthropological Survey of India

Latest Publications from Anthropological Survey of India Anthropology, Development Anthropology, Anthropological Newsletter, DNA Studies in Anthropological Survey of India, DNA study on Ancient Skeletal, Survey of India, Survey, Ansi, ANSI, JARAWA, Jarwa, Manav Sangrahalaya Bhopal, Social Impact Assessment, Man in Biosphere, Similipal Bio-Sphere Reserve, Nandadevi Biosphere Reserve, Cultural Diversity and Anthropology, Intangible and Tangible Cultural … Read more