ANTH 1102 1ST Edition Lecture 26 Outline of Last Lecture I Definitions II Karl Polanyi III Kula Ring IV The myth of barter Graeber 2011 V Scheme of reciprocities Outline of Current Lecture VI Threats to Tigers VII India s Colonial Legacy and its Relations to Tigers a Pre colonial South Asia b Medieval South Asia c Colonial South Asia Now India d End of Colonial rule in India e Post Independence f Liberalization VIII Case Study Melghat tiger reserve and where Dan studies Current Lecture India s Tigers and Global Connections Neocolonial Legacies and Commodification Daniel Read Threats to Tigers Poaching Habitat Fragmentation Degradation and Loss Human Tiger Conflict India s Colonial Legacy and its Relations to Tigers These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Pre colonial South Asia Medieval South Asia Tigers were important to politics associated with political power Emperors were killing tigers associated with authority Colonial South Asia Now India Britain lost America a settled colony in 1785 India became an extractive colony to cover the loss of resources from America 1857 British empire takes control by government o Direct and indirect rule subsist some areas have maharajas Tigers were hunted by whites because tigers were thought to be attacking people British associated this with white man s burden Jim Corbett o Tiger hunter o Wrote Man Eaters of Kumaon o Becomes concern with tigers extinction and becomes an activist Link between Power and Tigers diminish but Authority link grew End of Colonial rule in India Independence movement Gandhi o Began movement in 1919 took 30 years for independence o Spun cotton he wanted India to be self sufficient no dependence on Britain o Lead the Salt March British monopolized salt so India marched to the sea to gather their own salt o Gandhi understood that colonial rule operated if people used their free will to choose to comply they didn t have to though This became the Theory of Voluntary Servitude Post Independence Non Alignment Movement 1947 1991 Political power shifted from Gandhi to Nehru Nehru s daughter becomes Prime Minister Indira Gandhi o Returns project tiger o Tiger is national animal of India o Created tiger reserves WWF Liberalization International development ensues Rise of poaching o In the Sariska and Panna tiger reserves foresters were being bribed by poachers o Became an Anti Politics Machine Case Study Melghat tiger reserve and where Dan studies Corv e labor was used to harvest wood during colonialism Now it is illegal to extract resources in this area This leads people to poach tigers for money Or people extend farmland into habitat which still hurts tigers Some are trying to implement ecotourism Conclusion This is an ecological battle being fought on economic terms Relies on local people for support
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