Adivasi studies: From a historian's perspective

Title: Adivasi studies: From a historian's perspective
Creator: Dasgupta, Sangeeta
Date: 2018
Identifier: doi:10.1111/hic3.12486; issn:1478-0542
Source: Original source
Is Part Of: History Compass
Publisher: Wiley
Abstract: Abstract
As adivasis become increasingly visible as subjects in debates around conversion, identity, indigeneity, and development, the field of “Adivasi Studies,” centred on the subject of the adivasi, becomes increasingly relevant. As a newly emerging field, it engages with archaeology, anthropology, agrarian history, environmental history, subaltern studies, indigenous studies, aboriginal studies, and developmental economics but adds to these debates that are specific to the Indian context. This essay discusses some of the imperatives that make a revisit to the field of Adivasi Studies compelling. It engages with the ongoing dialogue amongst those who write the adivasis into the larger project of history‐writing, and sets out the markers of the field of Adivasi Studies from a historian's perspective. It reflects as much some of the dilemmas that one faces while engaging with the field of Adivasi Studies.
Bibliographic Citation: Dasgupta, Sangeeta. (2018). 'Adivasi studies: From a historian's perspective'. History Compass, 16(10).
Extent: Vol. 16, Issue 10
Has Format: Download PDF
Type: journal-article
Kaanu ID: kb001788