Politics Of Development And Articulation Of Indigenous Identity: The Formation Of Munda Identity In Barind, Bangladesh
This paper is about the identity formation of an ethnic group – the Munda of Bangladesh. The key issue of this paper is how the Munda identity has been constructed by the state and by the development agencies, covering historical as well as current trends. Throughout colonial and postcolonial per...
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| description | This paper is about the identity formation of an ethnic group – the Munda of
Bangladesh. The key issue of this paper is how the Munda identity has been
constructed by the state and by the development agencies, covering historical
as well as current trends. Throughout colonial and postcolonial periods in the
academic and policy discourse, the Munda/Adibashi were represented as
"primitive," "backward" and "underdeveloped." Here, I argue that the images
contribute to the making of the "category" of Adibashi as "primitive,"
"backward" or "underdeveloped" are actually a perception, not a
representation of reality. The representation of Munda identity articulated by
the academician or the development practitioner ignores the complexities,
dynamism and history of these people |
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| spelling | usm-406532018-05-30T08:50:51Z http://eprints.usm.my/40653/ Politics Of Development And Articulation Of Indigenous Identity: The Formation Of Munda Identity In Barind, Bangladesh Sharmeen, Shaila P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) This paper is about the identity formation of an ethnic group – the Munda of Bangladesh. The key issue of this paper is how the Munda identity has been constructed by the state and by the development agencies, covering historical as well as current trends. Throughout colonial and postcolonial periods in the academic and policy discourse, the Munda/Adibashi were represented as "primitive," "backward" and "underdeveloped." Here, I argue that the images contribute to the making of the "category" of Adibashi as "primitive," "backward" or "underdeveloped" are actually a perception, not a representation of reality. The representation of Munda identity articulated by the academician or the development practitioner ignores the complexities, dynamism and history of these people Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/40653/1/Art6-Sharmeen.pdf Sharmeen, Shaila Politics Of Development And Articulation Of Indigenous Identity: The Formation Of Munda Identity In Barind, Bangladesh. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 9 (1). pp. 142-160. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243 http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Art6-Sharmeen.pdf |
| spellingShingle | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) Sharmeen, Shaila Politics Of Development And Articulation Of Indigenous Identity: The Formation Of Munda Identity In Barind, Bangladesh |
| title | Politics Of Development And Articulation Of
Indigenous Identity: The Formation Of Munda
Identity In Barind, Bangladesh |
| title_full | Politics Of Development And Articulation Of
Indigenous Identity: The Formation Of Munda
Identity In Barind, Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Politics Of Development And Articulation Of
Indigenous Identity: The Formation Of Munda
Identity In Barind, Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Politics Of Development And Articulation Of
Indigenous Identity: The Formation Of Munda
Identity In Barind, Bangladesh |
| title_short | Politics Of Development And Articulation Of
Indigenous Identity: The Formation Of Munda
Identity In Barind, Bangladesh |
| title_sort | politics of development and articulation of
indigenous identity: the formation of munda
identity in barind, bangladesh |
| topic | P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/40653/ http://eprints.usm.my/40653/ http://eprints.usm.my/40653/1/Art6-Sharmeen.pdf |