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157096
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This paper traces the nature of resistance in movements against land acquisition in Jagatsinghpur and Niyamgiri in the state of Odisha in India. At both sites, the movements were united in their opposition to the respective industrial projects, and to the state's notion of ‘development’ premised on resource extraction and large industry. At certain key junctures, the Niyamgiri resistance placed stress on the ‘sacred’ and the spiritual, while the resistance in Jagatsinghpur emphasised ‘traditional’ land- and water-based economic livelihoods. This paper uses these case studies to understand the role of overt and covert ‘performances’ of indigeneity in shaping environmental discourse as well as the state's response to resistance movements.
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149780
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The experiments and experiences of the trade unionist Shankar Guha Niyogi show the potential for an alternative engagement with the complex issues of production, ecology and technological regimes. This engagement sought to forge a vision where concern for labour was seen as integrally connected to various expressions of ecological consciousness. It was, moreover, a concern that emerged from the experiences, memories and imaginations of peasants and Adivasis. This framework essentially challenged prevailing binaries of production versus ecology, worker versus Adivasi, factory versus field/forest. Niyogi's experiences also point to the fascinating possibilities of challenging, rewriting and reworking existing academic and intellectual categories—with new meanings being attributed to existing notions of Marxism, ‘trade unions’, technology transfer and even labour.
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