A Relational View of Pastoral (im)mobilities

Pitched against the apparently more civilised and modern 'settled' folk, pastoralists have historically been penalised for the seemingly primitive and outdated practice of mobility. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in western India, this article challenges this reductive dichotomy and unp...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inNomadic peoples Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 209 - 227
Main Author Maru, Natasha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Isle of Harris White Horse Press 01.10.2020
The White Horse Press
Subjects
Ethnography
Farms
Human geography
India
Mobility
Nomad
Nomads
Pastoralism
Political history
Relational
India
mobility
relational
nomad
pastoralism
India
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Pitched against the apparently more civilised and modern 'settled' folk, pastoralists have historically been penalised for the seemingly primitive and outdated practice of mobility. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in western India, this article challenges this reductive dichotomy and unpacks the many (im)mobilities produced, accessed, experienced and imagined by pastoralists. Adopting a relational lens, it shows how mobilities and immobilities co-constitute and are contingent on each other across social, geographical and temporal scales. Embedded within their own social and political history, the many forms of (im)mobilities can not only ontologically dispel the homogenizing effects of rigid typologies, but also but also practically offer pastoralists the capacity to adapt to changing times.
Bibliography:0822-7942(20201001)24:2L.209;1-
ISSN:0822-7942
1752-2366
DOI:10.3197/np.2020.240203