Like many other tribal regions in India, attempts to search and extract natural resources within Northeast India are intruding into the ancestral land of Indigenous tribal people. Moreover, the extractive industries and the corporations such as oil, gas and mining are poorly managed. Therefore, the Indigenous tribal communities began to experience environmental hazards, local economic collapse, community land loss, and displacement. Such experiences are often related as ‘resource curse’ by primarily distinguishing it as the economy-centric model of modernity by adhering to capitalistic/neoliberal agenda. This model has possibilities to reduce state responsibilities towards its society and people, while on the contrary, privileging the space for corporations to further extract resources from the forest-adjacent land of Indigenous tribal communities. By observing the changing reality in the region, in this paper, we examine the recent practices of natural resource extraction on the ancestral land of Indigenous tribes of Tripura. The paper dwells on the following questions: what adversity has the politics of extractivism brought into Indigenous community’s life? How did the community continue resisting for their own survival? What are the emerging complex relations between the state and the local Indigenous tribes vis-à-vis the extractivist politics? Pondering on the above questions, we make an attempt to unravel the everyday stories of dissent and negotiation against extractivism by the Indigenous tribal villagers of Tripura. By using ethnography fieldwork, we based our reflection on their lived experiences of extractivism, such as before and after the operation of resource extraction in their territory.
Like many other tribal regions in India, attempts to search and extract natural resources within Northeast India are intruding into the ancestral land of Indigenous tribal people. Moreover, the extractive industries and the corporations such as oil, gas and mining are poorly managed. Therefore, the Indigenous tribal communities began to experience environmental hazards, local economic collapse, community land loss, and displacement. Such experiences are often related as ‘resource curse’ by primarily distinguishing it as the economy-centric model of modernity by adhering to capitalistic/neoliberal agenda. This model has possibilities to reduce state responsibilities towards its society and people, while on the contrary, privileging the space for corporations to further extract resources from the forest-adjacent land of Indigenous tribal communities. By observing the changing reality in the region, in this paper, we examine the recent practices of natural resource extraction on the ancestral land of Indigenous tribes of Tripura. The paper dwells on the following questions: what adversity has the politics of extractivism brought into Indigenous community’s life? How did the community continue resisting for their own survival? What are the emerging complex relations between the state and the local Indigenous tribes vis-à-vis the extractivist politics? Pondering on the above questions, we make an attempt to unravel the everyday stories of dissent and negotiation against extractivism by the Indigenous tribal villagers of Tripura. By using ethnography fieldwork, we based our reflection on their lived experiences of extractivism, such as before and after the operation of resource extraction in their territory.
Like many other tribal regions in India, attempts to search and extract natural resources within Northeast India are intruding into the ancestral land of Indigenous tribal people. Moreover, the extractive industries and the corporations such as oil, gas and mining are poorly managed. Therefore, the Indigenous tribal communities began to experience environmental hazards, local economic collapse, community land loss, and displacement. Such experiences are often related as ‘resource curse’ by primarily distinguishing it as the economy-centric model of modernity by adhering to capitalistic/neoliberal agenda. This model has possibilities to reduce state responsibilities towards its society and people, while on the contrary, privileging the space for corporations to further extract resources from the forest-adjacent land of Indigenous tribal communities. By observing the changing reality in the region, in this paper, we examine the recent practices of natural resource extraction on the ancestral land of Indigenous tribes of Tripura. The paper dwells on the following questions: what adversity has the politics of extractivism brought into Indigenous community’s life? How did the community continue resisting for their own survival? What are the emerging complex relations between the state and the local Indigenous tribes vis-à-vis the extractivist politics? Pondering on the above questions, we make an attempt to unravel the everyday stories of dissent and negotiation against extractivism by the Indigenous tribal villagers of Tripura. By using ethnography fieldwork, we based our reflection on their lived experiences of extractivism, such as before and after the operation of resource extraction in their territory.
Keywords
Extractivism
Indigenous People of Tripura
Political Economy
Resource Politics
Like many other tribal regions in India, attempts to search and extract natural resources within Northeast India are intruding into the ancestral land of Indigenous tribal people. Moreover, the extractive industries and the corporations such as oil, gas and mining are poorly managed. Therefore, the Indigenous tribal communities began to experience environmental hazards, local economic collapse, community land loss, and displacement. Such experiences are often related as ‘resource curse’ by primarily distinguishing it as the economy-centric model of modernity by adhering to capitalistic/neoliberal agenda. This model has possibilities to reduce state responsibilities towards its society and people, while on the contrary, privileging the space for corporations to further extract resources from the forest-adjacent land of Indigenous tribal communities. By observing the changing reality in the region, in this paper, we examine the recent practices of natural resource extraction on the ancestral land of Indigenous tribes of Tripura. The paper dwells on the following questions: what adversity has the politics of extractivism brought into Indigenous community’s life? How did the community continue resisting for their own survival? What are the emerging complex relations between the state and the local Indigenous tribes vis-à-vis the extractivist politics? Pondering on the above questions, we make an attempt to unravel the everyday stories of dissent and negotiation against extractivism by the Indigenous tribal villagers of Tripura. By using ethnography fieldwork, we based our reflection on their lived experiences of extractivism, such as before and after the operation of resource extraction in their territory.
Like many other tribal regions in India, attempts to search and extract natural resources within Northeast India are intruding into the ancestral land of Indigenous tribal people. Moreover, the extractive industries and the corporations such as oil, gas and mining are poorly managed. Therefore, the Indigenous tribal communities began to experience environmental hazards, local economic collapse, community land loss, and displacement. Such experiences are often related as ‘resource curse’ by primarily distinguishing it as the economy-centric model of modernity by adhering to capitalistic/neoliberal agenda. This model has possibilities to reduce state responsibilities towards its society and people, while on the contrary, privileging the space for corporations to further extract resources from the forest-adjacent land of Indigenous tribal communities. By observing the changing reality in the region, in this paper, we examine the recent practices of natural resource extraction on the ancestral land of Indigenous tribes of Tripura. The paper dwells on the following questions: what adversity has the politics of extractivism brought into Indigenous community’s life? How did the community continue resisting for their own survival? What are the emerging complex relations between the state and the local Indigenous tribes vis-à-vis the extractivist politics? Pondering on the above questions, we make an attempt to unravel the everyday stories of dissent and negotiation against extractivism by the Indigenous tribal villagers of Tripura. By using ethnography fieldwork, we based our reflection on their lived experiences of extractivism, such as before and after the operation of resource extraction in their territory.
Like many other tribal regions in India, attempts to search and extract natural resources within Northeast India are intruding into the ancestral land of Indigenous tribal people. Moreover, the extractive industries and the corporations such as oil, gas and mining are poorly managed. Therefore, the Indigenous tribal communities began to experience environmental hazards, local economic collapse, community land loss, and displacement. Such experiences are often related as ‘resource curse’ by primarily distinguishing it as the economy-centric model of modernity by adhering to capitalistic/neoliberal agenda. This model has possibilities to reduce state responsibilities towards its society and people, while on the contrary, privileging the space for corporations to further extract resources from the forest-adjacent land of Indigenous tribal communities. By observing the changing reality in the region, in this paper, we examine the recent practices of natural resource extraction on the ancestral land of Indigenous tribes of Tripura. The paper dwells on the following questions: what adversity has the politics of extractivism brought into Indigenous community’s life? How did the community continue resisting for their own survival? What are the emerging complex relations between the state and the local Indigenous tribes vis-à-vis the extractivist politics? Pondering on the above questions, we make an attempt to unravel the everyday stories of dissent and negotiation against extractivism by the Indigenous tribal villagers of Tripura. By using ethnography fieldwork, we based our reflection on their lived experiences of extractivism, such as before and after the operation of resource extraction in their territory.
Keywords
Extractivism
Indigenous People of Tripura
Political Economy
Resource Politics
