BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a65e17f11d0c79ff21fd85591bb37d45 CATEGORIES:Lecture / Reading / Talk CREATED:20211120T121115 SUMMARY:'Tribals in India: Perspectives from Anthropology' A talk by Prof. Virginius Xaxa DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nThe lecture will be divided into five parts. At the outset, the s peaker shall introduce the different conceptual categories that have emerge d in thinking about tribes in post-independence India. Then the talk will s ituate tribes in colonial setting and discuss ways in which they were integ rated into the larger Indian society. As to how they were impacted in the p rocess and what was their response will be explored.  In the third part, di scussion on the nature and types of provisions provided for tribes in India n constitution will be addressed along with the status of tribes following its realization through state policies and programmes. The status will be p robed in reference to social development indicators such poverty, education and health. In the last segment, the speaker shall problematize the policy of affirmative action in case of tribes especially of mainland India.\nBio Sketch of the speaker\nProf. Virginius Xaxa, presently Professor of Eminen ce at Tezpur University, began his academic career in North Eastern Hill Un iversity (NEHU) where he taught Sociology from 1978- 1990. He joined Delhi School of Economics in 1990 and taught there till 2011. He joined the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in 2011 to head the Guwahati Campus and comple ted his term in September 2016.Prof Xaxa was awarded the Ph.D. for his thes is on Agrarian Social Structure and Class Relations in North Bengal at IIT, Kanpur (1978). He held post-doctoral fellowship under Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme at Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris (1982). He was a Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow at School of Oriental and African Stu dies, University of London (1988) and a Fulbright Fellow at University of C alifornia Santa Cruz, USA (1998). He held the Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Contemp orary Studies at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong from 2006-2008.\nP rof Xaxa works in collaboration with students and colleagues in attempting to understand sociological concerns of plantation labourers, tribal communi ties, agrarian structure and development, social exclusion and has publishe d several books and articles. He is the author of Economic Dualism and Stru cture of Class: A Study in Plantation and Peasant Settings in North Bengal (1997) and State, Society and Tribes: Issues in Post- Colonial India (2008) . He is also the co-author of Plantation Labour in India (1996) and co-edit or of Social Exclusion and Adverse Inclusion: Adivasis in India (2012, Fore st Lanterns: A Collection of Essays on Solutions for Nourishing India’s Tri bal Children (2016) and Work, Institutions and Sustainable Livelihood: Issu es and  Challenges of Transformation (2017) Employment and Labour Market in North-East India: Interrogating Structural Changes (2018) .  He is also on the editorial advisory board of reputed International Journals such as Asi an Ethnicity, Social Change, History and Sociology of South Asia and Contri bution to Indian Sociology, Sociological Bulletin.\nBesides contributions t o research and teaching, Prof Xaxa has been a member of the various committ ees of the Govt. of India and governing boards and advisory committees of v arious research institutes, universities and NGOs. Prof. Xaxa has been a me mber of National Advisory Council of the Government of India and the Chairp erson of High Level Committee to study educational, health and economic sta tus of the tribal communities in India.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract

The lecture will be divided into five pa rts. At the outset, the speaker shall introduce the different conceptual ca tegories that have emerged in thinking about tribes in post-independence In dia. Then the talk will situate tribes in colonial setting and discuss ways in which they were integrated into the larger Indian society. As to how th ey were impacted in the process and what was their response will be explore d.  In the third part, discussion on the nature and types of provisions pro vided for tribes in Indian constitution will be addressed along with the st atus of tribes following its realization through state policies and program mes. The status will be probed in reference to social development indicator s such poverty, education and health. In the last segment, the speaker shal l problematize the policy of affirmative action in case of tribes especiall y of mainland India.

Bio Sketch of the speaker

Prof. Virginius Xaxa, presently Professor of Eminence at Tezpur Universit y, began his academic career in North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) where he taught Sociology from 1978- 1990. He joined Delhi School of Economics in 1990 and taught there till 2011. He joined the Tata Institute of Social Sc iences in 2011 to head the Guwahati Campus and completed his term in Septem ber 2016.

Prof Xaxa was awarded the Ph.D. for his thesis on Agrarian Social Structure and Class Relations in North Bengal at IIT, Kanpur (1978) . He held post-doctoral fellowship under Indo-French Cultural Exchange Prog ramme at Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris (1982). He was a Commonwealt h Academic Staff Fellow at School of Oriental and African Studies, Universi ty of London (1988) and a Fulbright Fellow at University of California Sant a Cruz, USA (1998). He held the Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Contemporary Studies at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong from 2006-2008.

Prof Xaxa works in collaboration with students and colleagues in attempting to unders tand sociological concerns of plantation labourers, tribal communities, agr arian structure and development, social exclusion and has published several books and articles. He is the author of Economic Dualism and Structure of Class: A Study in Plantation and Peasant Settings in North Bengal (1997) and State, Society and Tribes: Issues in Post- Colonial India (2008). He is also the co-author of Plantation Labour in In dia (1996) and co-editor of Social Exclusion and Adverse Inclusion : Adivasis in India (2012, Forest Lanterns: A Collection of Essays on Solutions for Nourishing India’s Tribal Children (2016) and Wo rk, Institutions and Sustainable Livelihood: Issues and  Challenges of Tran sformation (2017) Employment and Labour Market in North-East India : Interrogating Structural Changes (2018) .  He is also on the editori al advisory board of reputed International Journals such as Asian Ethnicity , Social Change, History and Sociology of South Asia and Contribution to In dian Sociology, Sociological Bulletin.

Besides contributions to resea rch and teaching, Prof Xaxa has been a member of the various committees of the Govt. of India and governing boards and advisory committees of various research institutes, universities and NGOs. Prof. Xaxa has been a member of National Advisory Council of the Government of India and the Chairperson o f High Level Committee to study educational, health and economic status of the tribal communities in India.

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