Rajakishor Mahana

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Area of Expertise

Anthropology of development (particularly rural and tribal development, poverty, food security, land, livelihood, social exclusion, public policy); post-colonial state; indigenous movements and social power; theories in anthropology; anthropology of viole

Current Research

Resisting Domination: Conflicts over Development and Contemporary Tribal Movements in Orissa

Research Countries

India

Professional Experience

see CV

Current FSC Status

Alumnus

Year of FSC Scholarship

2010

Institute during FSC Scholarship

Department of Social Sciences in Agriculture, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Home Institute

Center for Research on Sustainable, Agriculture and Rural Development; Biodiversity and Poverty Alleviation, Swaminathan Foundation

Doctoral Institute

Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India

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Important Publications

Mahana, R., 2009. Theories in anthropology: An intimate learning with the Other. The Eastern Anthropologist 62(1):27-48.

Mahana, R., 2008. Pain, Politics and Persistence: The Power of Powerlessness. Working Paper, No. 202, Chennai, Madras Institute of Development Studies.

Mahana, R., 2006. Culture and Development: The Third Way. The Eastern Anthropologist 59(3-4):353-67.

Mahana, R., 2004. Bonda Parampara O Gyanakousala (Bonda Tradition and Indigenous Knowledge). Bhubaneswar, Academy of Tribal Dialects and Culture, Government of Orissa.