Divergent Refugee and Tribal Cosmopolitanism in Dharamshala
This article analyses the divergent, and occasionally overlapping, trajectories of Tibetan refugee and Gaddi tribal cosmopolitanism in Dharamshala, North India. In a place self-consciously branded as cosmopolitan, where Tibetan ethnocommodification is the primary symbolic currency, practices of inc...
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This article analyses the divergent, and occasionally overlapping, trajectories of Tibetan refugee and Gaddi tribal cosmopolitanism in Dharamshala, North India. In a place self-consciously branded as cosmopolitan, where Tibetan ethnocommodification is the primary symbolic currency, practices of inclusivity can broadly give way to Gaddi exclusions. Cosmopolitanism as an ordering ideology and set of intercultural competencies, often predicated on the dyadic relationship between Tibetan refugees and international tourists, propels Gaddi resentments and coarsens intergroup sociality. This does not mean, however, that Gaddis are forever consigned to tribal backwardness and reactionary forms of communal aspiration. Gaddis have forged an alternate, grounded cosmopolitanism based on cultural skills fostered through pastoral transhumance, seasonal labour migration corresponding with foreign tourists and ongoing
ethnopolitical redefinition of what it means to be tribal itself. By seeing past utopian propaganda and dystopian exaggerations about Dharamshala, a richer tapestry of group relations emerges which reveals divergent cosmopolitanisms in the promotion of shared struggles for state recognition and cultural preservation.
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| spelling | doaj.art-91118d6dcd2b4a3b8b5bfa93eeca2ab22022-12-22T04:35:26ZengCBS Open JournalsThe Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies2246-21632020-09-0138110.22439/cjas.v38i1.6058Divergent Refugee and Tribal Cosmopolitanism in DharamshalaStephen Christopher0Tokyo Metropolitan University This article analyses the divergent, and occasionally overlapping, trajectories of Tibetan refugee and Gaddi tribal cosmopolitanism in Dharamshala, North India. In a place self-consciously branded as cosmopolitan, where Tibetan ethnocommodification is the primary symbolic currency, practices of inclusivity can broadly give way to Gaddi exclusions. Cosmopolitanism as an ordering ideology and set of intercultural competencies, often predicated on the dyadic relationship between Tibetan refugees and international tourists, propels Gaddi resentments and coarsens intergroup sociality. This does not mean, however, that Gaddis are forever consigned to tribal backwardness and reactionary forms of communal aspiration. Gaddis have forged an alternate, grounded cosmopolitanism based on cultural skills fostered through pastoral transhumance, seasonal labour migration corresponding with foreign tourists and ongoing ethnopolitical redefinition of what it means to be tribal itself. By seeing past utopian propaganda and dystopian exaggerations about Dharamshala, a richer tapestry of group relations emerges which reveals divergent cosmopolitanisms in the promotion of shared struggles for state recognition and cultural preservation. https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/cjas/article/view/6058Scheduled Tribe Dalit (STD)ethno-commodificationmobilityTibetan diasporaGaddi |
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| title | Divergent Refugee and Tribal Cosmopolitanism in Dharamshala |
| title_full | Divergent Refugee and Tribal Cosmopolitanism in Dharamshala |
| title_fullStr | Divergent Refugee and Tribal Cosmopolitanism in Dharamshala |
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| title_short | Divergent Refugee and Tribal Cosmopolitanism in Dharamshala |
| title_sort | divergent refugee and tribal cosmopolitanism in dharamshala |
| topic | Scheduled Tribe Dalit (STD) ethno-commodification mobility Tibetan diaspora Gaddi |
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