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Publisher: Divine Arts |
| Author: Dilli Ram Dahal, Laya Prasad Uprety and Bipin Kumar Acharya | |
| Language: English | |
| Pages: 752 (10 B/W Illustrations) | |
| Cover: Hardcover | |
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Weight 1.10 kg |
| Edition: 2018 | |
| ISBN: 9788189393573 | |
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NAP649 |
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This book is an outcome of the three day international conference which brought Nepali, South Asian, and other international scholars of anthropology, sociology and other social sciences into dialogue about the contemporary issues pertaining to the theories and practices of their respective disciplines. The articles published in this book have covered a wide range of social, cultural and development intervention and forced marginalization; transition to sustainability; social mobilization and governance; education, health and nutrition; cultural identities and culture conservation; Maoist movement and its effects; community laws; migration; media and reporting; federalism; climate change and its impacts; natural resource management; production of public knowledge; social and cultural change; disability and suffering; social exclusion; poverty; human rights and security, and symbolic violence. Anthropologists, sociologists and other social scientists working both in Nepal and abroad in academia as well as applied fields have made contributions to this edited volume of the book.
About The Author
Dilli Ram Dahal holds Ph.D in Anthropology. He is the Professor of Anthropology retired from Tribhuvan University. Formerly, he worked at Center for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS) and Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology. He is the former President of SASON. He can be reached at dahal.dilliram485@gmail.com or dillir85@gmail.com
Laya Prasad Uprety holds Ph.D. in Anthropology. He is the Professor of Anthropology at the Central Department of Anthropology (CDA), Tribhuvan University. He is the former General Secretary of SASON. Currently, he is the Head of the CDA. He can be reached at upretylaya@gmail.com
Bipin Kumar Acharya holds Ph.D in Anthropology. He is the Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Department of Sociology/Anthropology (DOSA), Patan Multiple Campus (PMC), Tribhuvan University. He is the former Head of the DOSA/PMC. Currently, he is the General Secretary of SASON.
These proceedings are an outcome of the three –day International Conference held in Kathmandu on December 14 -16, 2013 on the theme –Current Dynamics in Transforming Nepal. This conference brought Nepali, South Asian, and other international scholars into dialogue about contemporary currents in anthropological and sociological theory and practice.
The aim of the conference was to sustain dialogue among anthropologies, sociologists and other social scientists in the international community by focusing on broadly constituted themes in the socio –cultural theory. It was a public conference open to the international community. A call for papers and panels was disseminated widely in North America, Europe, and Asia with particular attempt to encourage participation of scholars in South Asia and to encourage significant collaboration among all scholars. Selected panels and papers were framed within topics in general and comparative theoretical frames of analysis as part of a larger effort of taking stock of the current situation and future prospects of anthropology, sociology and related social sciences. An organizing committee was formed for the conference. The SASON conference committee selected complementary panels from those proposed with an emphasis on panels focused on general anthropological and sociological questions. During the conference, a total of 70 papers presented in those sessions reorganised into 10 different sub –themes/panels.
The editors have made attempts to retain the core ideas of the authors intact as they were written by them. I would like to thank all the authors for their patience in waiting for this volume and the trust they have maintained on SASON. Many individuals and institutions have provided moral and material support at different stages, right from organization of the conference to the publication of this volume. I would like to thank WWF/Hariyo Ban Program, Social Inclusion Research Fund, University Grant Commission and National Trust for Nature Conservation, Kathmandu for their finanicial and technical support.
I would like to express special thanks to Prof. Dilli Ram Dahai and Prof. Chaitanya Mishra for presenting insightful key notes in this conferences Kumar Acharya of SASON who were involved in editorial tasks. I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Jagadish Pokhral for his help in language editing of the papers published in this volume. Thanks are also due to Bhanu Timesena, Bipin Poudel, Krishna Thapaliya, for her tireless efforts in making the Conference successful.
Contents
| Content | Page No |
| Foreword | III |
| Editor's Note | V |
| Welcome Address | XIII |
| Presdential Address | XV |
| Vote of Thanks | Xxi |
| Part One | |
| Keynotes and Commemorative Paper | |
| Keynotes | |
| 1. History, Structure and Conceptualization and Categorization in Sociology | 3 |
| 2. Making Space by Nepali Anthropologists: An Appraisal | 21 |
| Commemorative Paper | |
| 3. In Memory of Prof. Santa Bahadur Gurung Bipin K. Acharya | 38 |
| Part Two | |
| Cultural Identity, Movement and Governance | |
| 4. Diversity and Reconstructions of Identities in Contemporary Nepal | 47 |
| 5.Cultural Conservation and Identity Making: The Public Anthropology of Ethnic Museums and Heritage Sites | 60 |
| 6. Public Understanding of the Government at Local Level | 70 |
| 7. Maoist Movement in Nepal: Implications for India | 86 |
| 8. The Narrative of Chawa: The Yamphu Notion of Self, Identity and Territory | 101 |
| 9. Caste and Identity: An Ethnographic Study of Dalit Students | 112 |
| 10. Does Law Exist in the Informal (Stateless) Society? A Study of Community Laws and Justice System of the Kissans of Eastern Nepal | 122 |
| 11. The Magers, their History and Identity in the Eyes of Scholars | 135 |
| Part Three | |
| Development, Social Mobilization and Poverty | |
| 12. Development Impact: Forced Marginalization or Retrofitting of Economy? | 149 |
| 13. Dependency while Producing Public Knowledge: An experience from Post -1990 Nepal | 162 |
| 14. Applicability of Transition Management and Backcasting in Nepal: A Case Study from Kaule, Nuwakot District | 177 |
| 15. The Potential of Harmonization of Modern Development with Traditional Cultures: Effects of Migration on Traditional Tamang Society in Nepal | 190 |
| 16. Alcoholism and Poverty: An Incessant Relationship | 206 |
| 17. Social Mobilization for Democratizing Local Governance and Development in Nepal: Lessons from Local Goverence and Community Development Program | 215 |
| 18. Disguised Development: Reigning Chaos | 236 |
| 19. Concept of Development for the Ethnic Communities: A Boon or Bane? Field Experience from the Chenchus/ Savaras (in India) and Newers (in Nepal) | 249 |
| Part Four | |
| Disability and Social Inclusion/Exclusion | |
| 20. Disability and Suffering: The Challenges Faced by People with Physical Disability | 267 |
| 21. Overcoming Barriers to Higher Education: The Experience of University Graduates with Disabilities | 280 |
| 22. Poverty as Living with Disability | 293 |
| Part Five | |
| Education, Health and Nutrition | |
| 23. Diet, Physical Activity and Morbidity Profiles of the Elderly in a Kolkata Neighbourhood: An Exploratory Study | 309 |
| 24. Technical Education and Poverty Reduction in Nepalese Rural Village: Focusing on Chapagaun VDC Lalitpur, Nepal | 325 |
| 25. Missing Category: Mental Health in School Level Education | 337 |
| 26. Role of Education in Social Inclusion of Muslims in Nepal | 349 |
| 27. Medical Pratices among Hyolmos: An Overview | 371 |
| Part Six | |
| Gender and Womenhood | |
| 28. Personal Narratives of Thekali Women: Education and Aspiration | 387 |
| 29. Abused Girl Children in a slum of Behrampur (India) | 399 |
| 30. 'In the Modern Way': Women, Development, and Modernity in Urban Nepal | 408 |
| 31. Gender Mainstreaming: Challenge as Perceived among Nepalese Professionals | 420 |
| 32. Sexuality in the Making: Nepali Rural Women's Experience | 439 |
| 33. Patriachy and the Politics of Gender Identity in Nepal | 454 |
| 34. Construction of Masculinity in Vedic Society: A Sociological Analysis | 466 |
| 35. A Study on Effect of Biogas in Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) from Gender Perpecitves. | 475 |
| Part Seven | |
| Human Rights, Violence and Security | |
| 36. Concepts and Major Initiatives of Human Security | 489 |
| 37. Schemata of Hiv/Aids and Human Rights in Nepal: Community Legal Empowerment through Documentation of Human Rights Violations | 505 |
| 38. Symbolic Violence in Inter-Caste Marriage Between Dalit and Non-Dalit | 519 |
| Part Eight | |
| Media, Society and Culture | |
| 39. Nuances of News Reporting: A Socio -Cultural Assessment | 533 |
| 40. Nepali Print Media in Post -2006 Frame: Acquainting the Masses on Federalism | 544 |
| Part Nine | |
| Natural Resource Management | |
| 41. Perceived Impacts of Climate Change and Sociocultural Practices for Adaptation | 557 |
| 42. Ethnography of Supply -Driven Groundwater Irrigation Development: A Case Study from Central Tarai of Nepal | 570 |
| 43. Role of Community forests in Sustainable Rural Development: A Case Study of Buddha Community Forest | 593 |
| Part Ten | |
| Social and Cultural Change | |
| 44. Polyandry in Relation to Natural Resource Conservation: A Case Study of Upper Mustang | 607 |
| 45. Changes in Chepang Village in the Days of Nepal's Nation Building | 618 |
| 46. Weakening Jat Samaj and Changing Inter -Caste Relations among the Musahars in Tarai Villages | 630 |
| 47. Caste/Ethnic Dimensions of Change and Inequality in Nepal | 645 |
| 48. Unveiling in the Making: Changes in the Practice of Ghunghat among Maithil Women | 658 |
| 49. Neo -Sanskritization for Inclusive Development through Comprehensive Education | 668 |
| 50. How Homogenous are the Bahuns? | 686 |
| About the Editors and the Authors | 704 |
| Annex I: Schedule of the International Conference | 708 |
| Annex II: List of Conference Particitpants | 714 |
| Annex III: SASON Executive Committee and the Members | 718 |
| Annex IV: List of Life Members | 721 |
| Annex V: Other Publications of SASON | 723 |
| Index | 724 |
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