development
Lepchas Await their Development Board
The Economic Times, a publication associated with the Times of India, published an update last week about the proposed Mayel Lyang Lepcha Development Board. The new board, intended to foster the health, education, and economic development of the Lepcha people, was proposed by the Chief Minister of India’s West Bengal State, Mamata Banerjee, back in […]
Ju/’hoansi in the News
A series of news articles over the past month about the Ju/’hoansi of Namibia provide some interesting new information about the desert dwellers. Richard Lee, an anthropologist who has studied the Ju/’hoansi extensively, wrote an article picked up by the news aggregating serve allafrica.com about an initiative to foster the bio-cultural rights of the Ju/’hoansi […]
Semai Build Mapping Skills to Overcome Developers
The Semai continue to lose their lands to state-sanctioned developers in Malaysia, but they are learning to defend themselves—with maps. A story on Tuesday this week in The Star Online from Malaysia covers the threat posed to the Semai villagers of Kg Chang Lama, in Bidor, Perak State, from a massive agricultural development scheme being […]
