| ID | 172136 |
| Title Proper | Counter-maps of the ordinary |
| Other Title Information | occupation, subjectivity, and walking under curfew in Kashmir |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Junaid, Mohamad |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines practices of resistance that thwart Indian state’s control over everyday life in Kashmir. The state frequently uses ‘curfew’ to dominate public space, shut down ordinary mobility, and suppress pro-independence politics. Curfews are enforced through punitive prohibitions and by activating the militarised infrastructure built to reinforce Indian rule over the region since 1947. Yet, Kashmiris are not passive objects of this control. Through overt and hidden practices of resistance and disobedience, like sangbāzi and, what I call, counter-mapping, they keep their aspirations for independence alive, while rebuilding a semblance of everydayness under the occupation. Desire to walk freely becomes the key metaphor for freedom from military control. Based on ethnographic and theoretical material, the article makes a case that in spaces under long-term military occupations political subjectivity is primarily expressed and enacted as a bodily demand to become visible in public space. |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 27, No.3; Jun 2020: p.302-320 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power 2020-06 27, 3 |
| Key Words | Military Occupation ; Kashmir ; Walking ; Political Subjectivity ; Curfew ; Counter - Mapping |