This paper reflects the queer ecology of commons which is gradually getting crushed within the territorial identity struggles on one side and on the other side the overwhelming presence of the privatized market forces in the region. The territorial land and forest struggles for commons and individual ownership of commons has been a long-drawn struggle in the region. With the emergence of a saffron decolonization politics, the indigenous commons seem to be trapped within the queer ecology of alienation, forced assimilation, rapid urbanization, and rampant privatization of common resources in the region. Roads, water, forests, fuel, ground water, seeds, lands in borders, motorable lands, flat lands, fertile lands, and mineral reserves are gradually turning into private trades from being commons. Decolonial tribal identity assertion is also considered queer within the saffron regime in the region. All such voices are heavily crushed into oblivion and framed as going against the grain. The lived experiences, strategic interactions, and community engagement will be crucial in establishing this paper. Ecologies of queer identities from across different spectrum in the context of conflict for land, ownership of resources, citizenship rights, tribal status, forest resources sharing, and local governance Institutions will be crucial to get nuanced perspectives. While citizenship and scheduled status remains a colonial construct in the light of recent regimes of decolonization, how does this categorization help or harm the region. Does collective queer rights assertion count while the community ecological rights are getting consistently violated?

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Queer Ecology of Commons in Northeast India

  • Samhita Barooah

摘要

This paper reflects the queer ecology of commons which is gradually getting crushed within the territorial identity struggles on one side and on the other side the overwhelming presence of the privatized market forces in the region. The territorial land and forest struggles for commons and individual ownership of commons has been a long-drawn struggle in the region. With the emergence of a saffron decolonization politics, the indigenous commons seem to be trapped within the queer ecology of alienation, forced assimilation, rapid urbanization, and rampant privatization of common resources in the region. Roads, water, forests, fuel, ground water, seeds, lands in borders, motorable lands, flat lands, fertile lands, and mineral reserves are gradually turning into private trades from being commons. Decolonial tribal identity assertion is also considered queer within the saffron regime in the region. All such voices are heavily crushed into oblivion and framed as going against the grain. The lived experiences, strategic interactions, and community engagement will be crucial in establishing this paper. Ecologies of queer identities from across different spectrum in the context of conflict for land, ownership of resources, citizenship rights, tribal status, forest resources sharing, and local governance Institutions will be crucial to get nuanced perspectives. While citizenship and scheduled status remains a colonial construct in the light of recent regimes of decolonization, how does this categorization help or harm the region. Does collective queer rights assertion count while the community ecological rights are getting consistently violated?