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  1. James C. Scott et les sociétés anti-étatiques : Zomia comme art de la fuite

    Dans The Art of Not Being Governed, James C. Scott inverse le récit classique de la civilisation : les peuples des montagnes ne seraient pas des “restes du passé”, mais des sociétés organisées pour échapper à l’État. #state #civilization #Scott #zomia #topology #history #anthropology #resistance Le livre de James C. Scott propose une thèse décisive : une grande partie des populations dites…

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  2. Reading one of James C. Scott's books on #zomia and he talks about plants in terms of calories per unit labour, which In my mind is a key metric for #permaculture, and now I'm thinking of permaculture in terms of #escapeAgriculture...

  3. Side note: Some media have incorrectly described #Manipur violence as a religious conflict. As @CrisisGroup report explains, "the violence has occurred over ethnic rather than religious divides." crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asi

    This matches our own impression - one member of PolGeoNow was, coincidentally, personally present in Manipur, just outside the conflict area, when the violence was starting.

    #ManipurViolence #India #religionpolitics #SouthAsia #Zomia #religion #politics @geography #geography