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Disturbed Forests, Fragmented Memories
In the hill country of northeast Cambodia, just a few kilometers from the Vietnam border, sits the village of Tang Kadon. This community of hill rice farmers of the Jarai ethnic …
The Gender of Caste
Caste and gender are complex markers of difference that have traditionally been addressed in isolation from each other, with a presumptive maleness present in most studies of …
People's Participation in Urban Governance: A Comparative Study of the Working of Wards Committees in Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and West Bengal
Contents: Morphogenetic Events During Anther Development, Cytoplasmic and Genetically Engineered Male Sterility in Crop Plants, Physiology and Genetics of Cyanobacterial Spores and …
High-Tech Housewives
Tech companies such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft promote the free flow of data worldwide, while relying on foreign temporary IT workers to build, deliver, and support their …
Gardens of Gold
“This is a soya bean,” the Biangai villager explained, “a money bean.”Since the start of colonial gold mining in the early 1920s, the Biangai villagers of Elauru and Winima in …
Nature Protests
As societies around the world are challenged to respond to ever growing environmental crises, it has become increasingly important for activists, policy makers, and environmental …
Forest Guardians, Forest Destroyers
In this far-reaching examination of environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand, Tim Forsyth and Andrew Walker analyze deforestation, water supply, soil erosion, use …
Making Kantha, Making Home
In Bengal, mothers swaddle their infants and cover their beds in colorful textiles that are passed down through generations. They create these kantha from layers of soft, recycled …
Ecologies of Urbanism in India
Ecologies of Urbanism in India explores how rapidly proliferating and resource-intensive urbanism affects everyday lived environments and the ecological processes that undergird …
Caring for Glaciers
Regional geopolitical processes have turned the Himalayan region of Ladakh, in northwest India, into a strategic border area with an increasing military presence that has …
Shifting Livelihoods
Honorable Mention for the Society for the Anthropology of Work (SAW) Book PrizeThe many dimensions of gold in a shadow economyPeople employ various methods to extract gold in the …