Disposession by Confusion from Mineral-Rich Lands in Central India

Sammanfattning

Bauxite mineral projects in central India have in recent years generated conflicts over both the physical environment and equitable development for very vulnerable people. In one such project, a joint venture between the state government of Andhra Pradesh and a private investor, attempts are currently being made to open up land constitutionally reserved for India's Scheduled Tribes. The final outcome, though still uncertain, depends not only on the relative material resources of the opposing parties, but on a drawn-out process of contestation where the discursive resistance to tribal land dispossession has strong historical roots and many active supporters. Thus, for the project's promoters, their advantage rests on their ability to create confusion via superior access to, and control over, information, rather than relying on their direct authority.

Nyckelord

Dispossession; land rights; adivasi; bauxite mining; Scheduled Areas; opposition activism; information control; confusion

Publicerad i

South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies
2013, volym: 36, nummer: 2, sidor: 199-212
Utgivare: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

SLU författare

• Oskarsson, Patrik

  • Göteborgs Universitet

Associerade SLU-program

Skog
Jordbrukslandskap

UKÄ forskningsämne

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Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00856401.2012.739597

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/79598