National Seminar on 19-20 April 2013 on ‘Cultural Diversity, Contestations and Frameworks of Managing Diversity in the North-East’
Sub-Themes of the seminar
I. Cultural Diversity and Politics of Recognition
i) Dynamics of Ethnic Diversity
ii) Bases of Ethnic classification: Language, Culture, Religion, etal.
in the North-East
iii) Evolution of ethnic groups and Assertion of identity
iv) Politics of Recognition of different identities
v) Multiculturalism
v) Individual Rights and group specific rights dichotomy
vi)Inter-community relations
vii) Issues of Immigration
II. Issues of Redistribution and development
i) Redistributive Model of Justice
ii) Existing land and forest laws, and Tribal rights
iii)Issues of economic exploitation and marginalization
iv) Development projects and issues of ethnic displacement
v) Economic backwardness and Ethnic violence
vi) Political Economy of the hill districts
III. Issues of insurgency and conflict
i) Problems of insurgency and militancy
ii) Human Rights issues
iii) Issues of cross border Migration and conflict
iv) Ethnic Conflict and contest over resources
v) Electoral politics and ethnic conflict
vi) Hills vs Valley: a question of domination and negligence
vii)Ethnicization of land and foul politics
IV. Institutions and mechanisms of managing diversity
i) Frameworks of managing diversity
Ii) Language policy
iii) Special Privilege for Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes
iv) Working of Fifth and Sixth Schedules
v) Traditional Institutions of the Tribal communities
Details of Submission:
Venue: Conference Hall, Department of Political Science, Assam University, Silchar
Abstract limit: 250-300 words.
Last date for receiving abstracts: 25 March, 2013 Intimation regarding acceptance of abstract: 1st April, 2013 Last date of submission of full paper: 10 April, 2013 Registration fee: Rs. 300 for local participants, Rs. 500 for outstation participants.
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