Chotro. Learning from the Indigenous

<p>The <em>Chotro</em> project was established jointly by the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre in Baroda and the European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (EACLALS). Founded initially to <em>document the linguistic, literary, and artistic her...

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Autor principal:	Geoffrey Vernon Davis
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Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2019
Materias:	adivasi bhasha devy chotro activism tribal studies: indigeneity General Works A
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:90a3d8c9446648f5a81fab48cfee8a9c2021-12-02T16:53:54ZChotro. Learning from the Indigenous2339-852310.5565/rev/indialogs.122https://doaj.org/article/90a3d8c9446648f5a81fab48cfee8a9c2019-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/indialogs/article/view/122https://doaj.org/toc/2339-8523<p>The <em>Chotro</em> project was established jointly by the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre in Baroda and the European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (EACLALS). Founded initially to <em>document the linguistic, literary, and artistic heritage of tribal communities, Bhasha has established an academy for the promotion of tribal studies and the education of the </em>marginalised tribal people of India, the adivasis<em>.</em> <em>Chotro, </em>which emerged from these activities, aimed to situate adivasis in the context of indigenous peoples across the world with whom they have much in common but little, if any, contact. Conceived as a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary forum, <em>Chotro</em> ‘brought together’ – for that is the meaning of the word in the Bhil language ̶ indigenous people from India and elsewhere with activists and scholars from many countries working in such diverse fields as anthropology, sociology, literature, linguistics, history, music, museum studies, and human rights. Four <em>Chotro</em> gatherings were convened which addressed marginalisation, social deprivation, lack of access to education, loss of traditional lands, knowledge systems,<em> </em>oral traditions, endangered languages, and the representation of the indigenous in performance and the visual arts. <em>Chotro</em> thus illustrated one way in which scholars may contribute to social and cultural activism. </p>Geoffrey Vernon DavisUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticleadivasibhashadevychotroactivismtribal studies: indigeneityGeneral WorksAENESIndialogs: Spanish Journal of India Studies, Vol 6, Iss 0, Pp 13-27 (2019)
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description	<p>The <em>Chotro</em> project was established jointly by the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre in Baroda and the European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (EACLALS). Founded initially to <em>document the linguistic, literary, and artistic heritage of tribal communities, Bhasha has established an academy for the promotion of tribal studies and the education of the </em>marginalised tribal people of India, the adivasis<em>.</em> <em>Chotro, </em>which emerged from these activities, aimed to situate adivasis in the context of indigenous peoples across the world with whom they have much in common but little, if any, contact. Conceived as a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary forum, <em>Chotro</em> ‘brought together’ – for that is the meaning of the word in the Bhil language ̶ indigenous people from India and elsewhere with activists and scholars from many countries working in such diverse fields as anthropology, sociology, literature, linguistics, history, music, museum studies, and human rights. Four <em>Chotro</em> gatherings were convened which addressed marginalisation, social deprivation, lack of access to education, loss of traditional lands, knowledge systems,<em> </em>oral traditions, endangered languages, and the representation of the indigenous in performance and the visual arts. <em>Chotro</em> thus illustrated one way in which scholars may contribute to social and cultural activism. </p>
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