Canoes as Tools of Resistance: Challenging Dispossession in Manipur, India

IF 1.1 Q3 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Journal of Developing Societies Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI:10.1177/0169796x241262131

Ram Wangkheirakpam

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Abstract

The Meitei people of Champu Khangpok, a floating village in the Loktak wetland system in the state of Manipur, India, have witnessed in recent years the mass burning of their floating huts. Rebuilding and reoccupying their natural space on this now permanent reservoir of a hydroelectric project involves constant negotiation with the state government, which is trying to craft laws that make living on floating huts and fishing in the reservoir illegal. This article explores the language, tools, and tactics, which have evolved to contest the state government’s actions.

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作为反抗工具的独木舟：挑战印度曼尼普尔的掠夺行为

Champu Khangpok 是印度曼尼普尔邦 Loktak 湿地系统中的一个漂浮村落，该村的密特人近年来目睹了他们的漂浮小屋被大量焚毁。在这个水电项目的永久性水库上重建和重新占据他们的自然空间，需要不断与邦政府进行谈判，因为邦政府正试图制定法律，规定在浮屋上居住和在水库中捕鱼为非法行为。本文探讨了为与州政府的行为抗争而逐渐形成的语言、工具和策略。

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Journal of Developing Societies DEVELOPMENT STUDIES-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Developing Societies is a refereed international journal on development and social change in all societies. JDS provides an interdisciplinary forum for the publication of theoretical perspectives, research findings, case studies, policy analyses and normative critiques on the issues, problems and policies associated with both mainstream and alternative approaches to development. The scope of the journal is not limited to articles on the Third World or the Global South, rather it encompasses articles on development and change in the "developed" as well as "developing" societies of the world. The journal seeks to represent the full range of diverse theoretical and ideological viewpoints on development that exist in the contemporary international community.