Riding the Rhino: Conservation, Conflicts, and Militarisation of Kaziranga National Park in Assam
Riding the Rhino: Conservation, Conflicts, and Militarisation of Kaziranga National Park in Assam
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10.1111/anti.12329
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2017-11-01
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Barbora, Sanjay
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作者：
Barbora, Sanjay
自2004年以来，阿萨姆邦（印度）的媒体和公众舆论一直关注越来越多的偷猎犀牛角的事件以及讲孟加拉语的穆斯林农民的存在，特别是在标志性的卡兹兰加国家公园及其周围地区。从匆忙制作的数字电影，到杜尔加崇拜的反偷猎主题，犀牛的困境在关于阿萨姆文化的激烈政治话语中占据了重要地位。这种动物的无辜和尊严与国家对在反偷猎运动中被杀害的大量年轻人缺乏讨论形成了鲜明对比。本文着眼于阶级，文化和商业的空隙，试图理解犀牛的流行神化和发展话语的含义，试图把人和犀牛放在他们的“合法”的地方。
Since 2004, media and public opinion in Assam (India) have focused on increasing instances of poaching of rhinoceros for their horns and presence of Bengali-speaking Muslim peasants, especially in and around the iconic Kaziranga National Park. From hastily made digital films, to anti-poaching motifs at Durga Puja pandals, the plight of the rhinoceros has occupied an important position in an acrimonious political discourse on Assamese culture. The innocence and dignity attributed to the animal stands in marked contrast to the lack of discussion on the large numbers of young men who have been killed in anti-poaching campaigns by the state. This article looks at the interstices of class, culture and commerce in an attempt to understand the popular deification of the rhinoceros and implications of the developmental discourse that seeks to put people and rhino in their "rightful" place.