Bonbibi: A Religion of the Forest in the Sundarbans
Arcadia, Summer 2020, no. 22
tigers
"‘Tigers are Our Brothers’: Understanding Human-Nature Relations in the Mishmi Hills, Northeast India"
The author explores the relationship between humans and tigers in the Sino-India border and their opposition to plans to institute a wildlife sanctuary in the region.
"Consuming the Tiger: Experiencing Neoliberal Nature"
Based on participant observation, the author offers an ethnographic account of urban middle class Indian tourists’ experience of seeing the tiger in Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan, and Kanha and Bandhavgarh National Parks in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Civilizing Nature: National Parks in Global Historical Perspective
National parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Shifting the focus from the usual emphasis on national parks in the United States, Civilizing Nature adopts an historical and transnational perspective on the global geography of protected areas and its changes over time.
Woody, Thorny, and Predatory Forests: Grassland Transformations in the Nilgiris, South India
Looking at the pastoral Toda people of the Wenlock Downs, this paper considers grassland transformations in the Nilgiris, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
"Local People and the Global Tiger: An Environmental History of the Sundarbans"
Investigates the significance of the Sundarbans as a natural reserve or buffer area (a resource of yet unknown magnitude) in pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial South Asia.