Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Hoffman, David M.
Committee Member
McClellan, Kate
Committee Member
Holmes, Carolyn E.
Date of Degree
8-7-2020
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Applied Anthropology
Degree Name
Master of Arts
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures
Abstract
The Indian government’s twin objectives of protecting the tiger population in the Nallamala forest in Andhra Pradesh and providing “development” to the indigenous Chenchu people have resulted in an on-going process of Chenchu displacement from the forest. The research is an anthropological intervention to comparatively analyze the development definitions of the Chenchu people (N=15), subgrouped location-wise as Deep Forest Chenchu, Intermediate Forest Chenchu, and Displaced Chenchu, and the Government and NGO representatives (N=13), including Integrated Tribal Development Agency representatives, NGO workers, and conservation authorities. Both groups defined development as access to basic amenities, education and jobs, health, freedom, livestock, and well-being in varying agreements. The study concludes that discrepancies exist in the development perspectives of the two groups, the Chenchu displacement is unsystematic, and the implementation of development projects was non-uniform. Small sample size, limited research time, and gender imbalance are some of the limitations of this study.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/18027
Recommended Citation
Jinka Ramamurthy, Malavika, "Comparing development definitions of internally displaced communities and the Government: A study of the Chenchu people in the Nallamala forest of southern India" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 1104.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/1104