Indigenous activism in Bangladesh: translocal spaces and shifting constellations of belonging

Gerharz, Eva

doi:10.1080/14631369.2014.937112

Cited by 18 publications

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“…Although the concept of intersectionality is not commonly used in the data, many of the articles take “intersecting systems” (Bugg, 2014) as a starting point of research. The studies discuss, for example, intersectional negotiations and collisions between gender, religion, and ethnicity (Bugg, 2014); indigenousness, class, gender, and caste (Gerharz, 2014); homosexuality and religion (Lustenberger, 2014); whiteness and indigenousness (Sonn et al, 2014); and gender and disability (Pestka and Wendt, 2014). The studies emphasizing the intersectional approach in the data indicate how belonging – however individual the experience of it may be – always comprises social and political dimensions.…”

Section: Conceptualizing Belonging In Contemporary Empirical Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Gerharz (2014: 553–554) notes that “the advantage of the belonging concept is that it emphasizes the relational dimensions of inclusion and exclusion.” Indeed, the idea of belonging and being included comprises the possibility of being excluded. While the majority of the empirical studies in the data emphasize inclusion and participation, exclusion and social deviance as such are discussed in only a few articles.…”

Section: Conceptualizing Belonging In Contemporary Empirical Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Fluidity and flexibility of “belonging”

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Studies framing “belonging” as a key focus and a central concept of research have increased significantly in the 2000s. This article explores the dimensions of belonging as a scholarly concept. The investigation is based on a qualitative content analysis of articles published in academic journals covering a large number of different disciplines. The article poses and answers the following research questions: How is belonging understood and used in contemporary research? What added value does the concept bring to scholarly discussions? In the analysis, five topoi of conceptualizing belonging – spatiality, intersectionality, multiplicity, materiality, and non-belonging – were identified. After introducing the topoi, the article explores their cross-cutting dimensions, such as the emphasis on the political, emotional, and affective dimensions of belonging, and discusses key observations made from the data, such as the substantial proportion of research on minorities and “vulnerable” people. The analysis of the data suggests that by choosing to use the concept of belonging, scholars seek to emphasize the fluid, unfixed, and processual nature of diverse social and spatial attachments.

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Section: Conceptualizing Belonging In Contemporary Empirical Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conceptualizing Belonging In Contemporary Empirical Researchmentioning

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Fluidity and flexibility of “belonging”

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“…They were referred to as tribal or Upojati (a meaning similar to ‘uncivilized’) signifying their perceived lower status. Although Indigenous groups of Bangladesh seek constitutional recognition as Indigenous (in Bangla Adivasi ), they are recognised as “tribal groups” in the health policy of Bangladesh [ 14 – 18 ].…”

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Barriers to accessing maternal health care services in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: A qualitative descriptive study of Indigenous women’s experiences

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Background Increased maternal health care (MHC) service utilisation in Bangladesh over the past decades has contributed to improvements in maternal health outcomes nationally, yet there is little understanding of Indigenous women's experiences of accessing MHC services in Bangladesh. Methods Face-to-face semi-structured qualitative interviews with 21 Indigenous women (aged 15-49 years) within 36 months of delivery from three ethnic groups (Chakma, Marma and Tripura) were conducted between September 2017 and February 2018 in Khagrachhari district. Purposive sampling was used to recruit women representative of the population distribution in terms of age, ethnic community and service use experience. All interviews were conducted in Bangla language and audio-recorded with consent. Interviews were transcribed directly into English before being coded. Data were analysed thematically using a qualitative descriptive approach aided by NVivo12 software. Results Of the 21 women interviewed, 14 had accessed at least one MHC service during their last pregnancy or childbirth and were categorised as the User group. The remaining seven participants were categorised as 'Non-users' as they had not access antenatal care, facility delivery or postnatal care services. Women reported that they wanted culturally relevant, respectful, home-based and affordable care, and generally perceived formal MHC services

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“…Antonsich (2010, p. 12) describes the link between the two domains as follows: 'One's personal, intimate feeling of belonging to a place should always come to terms with discourses and practices of socio-spatial inclusion/ exclusion'. This is different from identity politics as it includes more affective dimensions in the experiences and practices of belonging, than the emancipatory focus that is often part of theorisations of identity politics (Gerharz 2014;L€ ahdesm€ aki et al 2016). In studies about politics of belonging the link with emotive attachments remains under-theorised (Antonsich 2010).…”

Section: Theoretical Framework: Belonging and The Valuation Of Naturamentioning

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Belonging to and in the Shale Gas Fields. A Case‐Study of the Noordoostpolder, the Netherlands

Köhne

Rasch

2017

Sociologia Ruralis

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This article analyses how belonging becomes articulated in relation to large‐scale extractive projects. It does so through an ethnographic analysis of the construction of belonging expressed in languages of valuation (the meanings that people give to natural resources discursively and in practice) in the Noordoostpolder, the Netherlands. Belonging is understood to encompass ‘feeling at home in a place’ and the political processes through which belonging becomes a discursive resource (the politics of belonging). We conclude that the ways people position themselves toward shale gas extraction are both rooted in how they give meaning to and interact with their environment and embedded in local history and ideas of political agency and voice. Only those elements of belonging that are considered objective or useful as a policy solution are used as a discursive resource in mobilisation against shale gas. The article is based on 2,5 years of ethnographic fieldwork.

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Indigenous activism in Bangladesh: translocal spaces and shifting constellations of belonging

Cited by 18 publications

References 32 publications

Fluidity and flexibility of “belonging”

Fluidity and flexibility of “belonging”

Barriers to accessing maternal health care services in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: A qualitative descriptive study of Indigenous women’s experiences

Belonging to and in the Shale Gas Fields. A Case‐Study of the Noordoostpolder, the Netherlands

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