scholarly journals Maintaining Ethnic Boundary: The Ethnogenesis of Madhesi Identity in Nepal Tarai

Patan Pragya ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (02) ◽  
pp. 174-192
Author(s):  
Nirodh Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Political Context ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Political Autonomy ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Shared Identity ◽  
Ethnic Boundary ◽  
Boundary Maintenance ◽  
Diverse Groups ◽  
Group Boundary

This article attempts to illuminate on the processes wherein diverse groups of Madhesi people of the central Tarai have been ethnicized to form a shared identity in the specific historical and socio-political context of Nepal. Drawing on the perceptions and subjective experiences of Madhesi individuals in terms of their identity, it is argued that Madhesi identity has come into being and maintained through the practices of boundary maintenance that encompasses relational processes of inclusion and exclusion. Madhesi people have re(asserted) their cultural contrast to the Pahadis and claim political autonomy of the Tarai territory where they belong for making ethnic distinction and maintaining group boundary.

The Lithuanian Refugee Experience and Grief

1981 ◽  
Vol 15 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 276-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liucija Baškauskas
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Collective Behaviors ◽  
Multiple Identity ◽  
Boundary Maintenance ◽  
Refugee Experience ◽  
Group Boundary

This article argues that though a population of refugees may experience the process of assimilation/acculturation as well as that of multiple identity formation with ever changing group boundary maintenance mechanisms, they also experience grief, which accounts for a variety of their individual and collective behaviors.

scholarly journals A Relational Approach to Landscape Stewardship: Towards a New Perspective for Multi-Actor Collaboration

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Cockburn ◽  
Eureta Rosenberg ◽  
Athina Copteros ◽  
Susanna Francina (Ancia) Cornelius ◽  
Notiswa Libala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Boundary Crossing ◽  
Relational Agency ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Diverse Groups

Landscape stewardship is increasingly understood within the framing of complex social-ecological systems. To consider the implications of this, we focus on one of the key characteristics of complex social-ecological systems: they are relationally constituted, meaning that system characteristics emerge out of dynamic relations between system components. We focus on multi-actor collaboration as a key form of relationality in landscapes, seeking a more textured understanding of the social relations between landscape actors. We draw on a set of ‘gardening tools’ to analyse the boundary-crossing work of multi-actor collaboration. These tools comprise three key concepts: relational expertise, common knowledge, and relational agency. We apply the tools to two cases of landscape stewardship in South Africa: the Langkloof Region and the Tsitsa River catchment. These landscapes are characterised by economically, socio-culturally, and politically diverse groups of actors. Our analysis reveals that history and context strongly influence relational processes, that boundary-crossing work is indeed difficult, and that doing boundary-crossing work in smaller pockets within a landscape is helpful. The tools also helped to identify three key social-relational practices which lend a new perspective on boundary-crossing work: 1. belonging while differing, 2. growing together by interacting regularly and building common knowledge, and 3. learning and adapting together with humility and empathy.

Group Boundary Maintenance and the Alternative High School

1984 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Jerrold Pollak ◽  
Stephen Schaffer
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Alternative High School ◽  
Boundary Maintenance ◽  
Group Boundary

Patterns of dispersal and diversification in South America

2020 ◽  
pp. 253-274
Author(s):  
Pieter Muysken ◽  
Mily Crevels
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Conclusive Evidence ◽  
Food Crops ◽  
Late Development ◽  
Human Settlement ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Ethnic Boundary ◽  
Major Language ◽  
Boundary Maintenance

This chapter presents some of the main issues relating to language diversification in South America. How to explain the large number of genealogical units (107–118) in the continent, in view of its relatively recent human settlement, probably around 15,000 years ago? First the chapter presents the major language families such as Arawakan and Tupian. Then the chapter describes the major typological patterns characterizing the continent and their geographical distribution in terms of linguistic areas and the putative Andean-Amazonian divide, which is questioned here. A number of potential explanations for the diversity are presented: few large empires, geographical barriers, late development of food crops, possible effects of European invasion, ethos of ethnic boundary maintenance, and low population densities until recently. There is no conclusive evidence yet for any single explanation. The chapter concludes with a brief summary of the chapters in the book regarding South America.

Herder's Heritage and the Boundary-Making Approach: Studying Ethnicity in Immigrant Societies

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Wimmer
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Studies ◽  
Assimilation Theory ◽  
Dense Networks ◽  
The Past ◽  
Shared Identity ◽  
Ethnic Boundary ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Boundary Making ◽  
Specific Culture

Major paradigms in immigration research, including assimilation theory, multiculturalism, and ethnic studies, take it for granted that dividing society into ethnic groups is analytically and empirically meaningful because each of these groups is characterized by a specific culture, dense networks of solidarity, and shared identity. Three major revisions of this perspective have been proposed in the comparative ethnicity literature over the past decades, leading to a renewed concern with the emergence and transformation of ethnic boundaries. In immigration research, “assimilation” and “integration” have been reconceived as potentially reversible, power-driven processes of boundary shifting. After a synthetic summary of the major theoretical propositions of this emerging paradigm, I offer suggestions on how to bring it to fruition in future empirical research. First, major mechanisms and factors influencing the dynamics of ethnic boundary-making are specified, emphasizing the need to disentangle them from other dynamics unrelated to ethnicity. I then discuss a series of promising research designs, most based on nonethnic units of observation and analysis, that allow for a better understanding of these mechanisms and factors.

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