Banerjee, Sayan and Sharma, Shalini (2022) En-gendering human-wildlife interactions in Northeast India: Towards decolonised conservation. Journal of Political Ecology, 28 (1).
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| Abstract: | This article applies a feminist political ecology framework to analyze a particular case of human-wildlife interaction from northeastern India, linking it to the emerging paradigm of 'decolonized conservation.' Through the oral testimonies of local community members with regard to living close to wild Asian elephants in a forest-agriculture landscape matrix of rural Assam, this article argues that place-based conceptualizations of 'wildlife', 'forest dependency' and 'living with wildlife' are affected by gendered roles and responsibilities, gendered access to spaces and gendered interaction with wildlife. By doing so, this article argues for (i) extending the discourse on 'decolonized conservation' towards the role of gender in rethinking these place-based conceptualizations and (ii) bringing forward such 'en-gendering' into redesigning wildlife policies, as that will have the potential of ensuring feminist environmental justice as well as positive conservation outcomes. |
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| Item Type: | Journal Paper |
| Keywords: | conservation, decolonization, Asian elephant, gender, Assam, wildlife |
| Subjects: | School of Natural and Engineering Sciences > Animal Behaviour School of Natural and Engineering Sciences > Animal Studies |
| Divisions: | Schools > Natural Sciences and Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2023 11:33 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2023 11:33 |
| Official URL: | https://journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe... |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.5217 |
| URI: | http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/2468 |
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