Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ247114

Adapting to Change: Hunter-Gatherers in Kerala's Nilambur Valley

Authors(1) :-Rakesh Kumar

Hunting and gathering are regarded as the earliest form of subsistence. As a subsistence strategy, it combines animal hunting, fishing, foraging for wild foods, and mobility. During colonial times, there was a trend of undermining hunter-gatherer identity, culture, belief, worldview, and practices through the implementation of various policies such as capitalization of nature as a natural resource and displacement-led development. It has also been observed that the post-colonial government has not only re-enacted colonial marginalisation policies and politics, but has also legalised them in the name of development, service, national obligation, legislation, institution, civic responsibility, citizenship, and morality. This act of local government can be described as civic-colonization. The study is centred on the hunter-gatherer tribes of Kerala's Nilambur Valley, specifically the Cholanaickan, Kattunaickan and Aranadan. It aims to theoretically understand the concept of civic colonization and explore how it affected the current hunter-gatherer communities there.

Authors and Affiliations

Rakesh Kumar
Research Scholar, The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Science and Technology, Bangalore, India

Civic-Colonization, Hunter-Gatherers, Marginalisation, Development, And Health.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 7 | Issue 1 | January-February 2024
Date of Publication : 2024-02-15
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 106-122
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ247114
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

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Rakesh Kumar , "Adapting to Change: Hunter-Gatherers in Kerala's Nilambur Valley", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.106-122, January-February.2024
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