Why does the subject speak? Prejudgement in fieldwork with Naxalites and Hindu rioters

• Published in: The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 155 - 174
• Main Author: Chitralekha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.03.2017; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Anthropology; Fieldwork; Researcher subject relations; Riots; Subjectivity; Violence; India

This article explores the shifting trajectory of dramaturgical encounters with 'subjects' in two disparate contexts of violence in contemporary India: Naxalites in jharkhand and Bihar; and participants in the 2002 riots in Gujarat. It argues that why (and thereby what) the subject speaks h...