Shifting Perspectives in Tribal Studies From an Anthropological Appr

This book brings together multidisciplinarity, desirability and possibility of consilience of borderline studies which are topically diverse and methodologically innovative. It includes contemporary tribal issues within anthropology and other disciplines.

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Shifting Perspectives in Tribal Studies From an Anthropological Approach to Interdisciplinarity and Consilience

Shifting Perspectives in Tribal Studies

Maguni Charan Behera Editor

Shifting Perspectives in Tribal Studies From an Anthropological Approach to Interdisciplinarity and Consilience

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Editor Maguni Charan Behera Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies Rajiv Gandhi University Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India

ISBN 978-981-13-8089-1 ISBN 978-981-13-8090-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8090-7

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Dedicated to My Parents Late Ananta Prasad Behera Late Satyabhama Behera

Acknowledgements

Academic pursuit for the sake of academics is a very challenging enterprise. It is more challenging when the exercise falls into a new venture and attempts to broaden the scope of investigation beyond conventional boundary; the conventional scholars, without any concrete reason, find it contradicting or interfering in their territory of knowledge. In a time when names sell, and academic grouping delivers, the quest of individual scholar without bearing the stamp of any brand university as his/her alma mater or work place fights against all odds to gather articles of thematic relevance and get it published. However, sincerity and commitment have their own rewards. There are scholars beyond ‘regimented scholarship’ who truly love to promote the cause of academics. I take this opportunity to put on record my deepest sense of gratitude to all of them. It is from amongst the members of this group of academic lovers that I have got immense support in several ways while prepar