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On the trails of free-roaming elephants: human-elephant mobility and history across the Indo-Myanmar Highlands
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SYSNO ASEP 0548479 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title On the trails of free-roaming elephants: human-elephant mobility and history across the Indo-Myanmar Highlands Author(s) Keil, Paul G. (UEF-S) RID, SAI Number of authors 1 Source Title Transfers. - : Berghahn Books - ISSN 2045-4813
Roč. 10, 2-3 (2020), s. 62-82Number of pages 21 s. Publication form Online - E Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords colonialism ; human-elephant relations ; mobility ; multispecies ; northeast India ; paths ; Zomia Subject RIV AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology OECD category Antropology, ethnology Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support UEF-S - RVO:68378076 UT WOS 000658778800005 EID SCOPUS 85102115644 DOI 10.3167/TRANS.2020.10020302 Annotation Humans and elephants have historically shared the forested mountain ranges of Zomia, a geography defined by the regular movement of people and an ecology shaped by the movement of its elephant population. This article will examine how free-roaming elephant pathways facilitated human mobility in the highlands defining the Indo-Myanmar border. It will analyze the more-than-human agency that emerges when following elephant trails and the varying role this forest infrastructure might have played in the social and political history of the region. The article will explore two historical examples. First, the migration of a Lisu community in Upper Myanmar who utilized elephant paths to navigate their passage. Second, how the British Empire exploited a network of elephant-human tracks to subjugate the peoples living in Mizoram, northeast India. In these regions the patterns of migration, history of colonization, and identities and practices of communities must be understood in relation to wild elephants. Workplace Institute of Ethnology Contact Veronika Novotná, novotna@eu.cas.cz, Tel.: 532 290 277 Year of Publishing 2022 Electronic address https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/transfers/10/2-3/trans10020305.xml
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