In our 10th ep. of Season 2, we are joined by Dr. Jelle J.P. Wouters, who is an author and a social anthropologist, currently teaches at Department of Social Sciences at Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan. Previously he taught at Sikkim Central University and was a visiting faculty at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany. Over the years, he has conducted ethnographic and historical research in the Naga highlands, writing about vernacular democracy and elections, political conflict, kinship and identity, and social history. He has written on politics, insurgency, capitalism, and identity in Northeast India, and is the author of 'In the Shadows of Naga Insurgency: Tribes, State, and Violence in Northeast India (OUP, 2018).'

In this episode, we speak to Dr. Wouters on the relationship between state, ethnicity, & territoriality in the Northeast India, more specifically Nagaland. The discussion covers the impact of AFSPA on the Naga society and the repeal of the same in the light of recent Otting killings. It also focuses on the socio-ecological and socio-political corollaries of this region’s rediscovery as a resource and capitalist frontier.

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Link to his books:

1. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42634567-in-the-shadows-of-naga-insurgency?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=QMSF0oMKZB&rank=1
2. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60557315-subaltern-studies-2-0
3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61741455-routledge-handbook-of-highland-asia?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_10