“Land is Our Mother”: Alternative Meanings of Development in Subaltern Organizing
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Keywords
land grab, development communication, subaltern organizing, neoliberalism, culture-centered approach
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2013.765954
Abstract
Land grab has emerged as an increasingly key component of neoliberal frames of development, resulting in large-scale displacement of rural populations. The discourses of farming communities living on lands threatened by these neoliberal reforms reflect an alternative rationality around land, and critique the dominant understanding of development by foregrounding local cultural meanings. Based on a culture-centered engagement with a subaltern movement opposing land grab in Singur, India, this research informs participatory development communication and offers alternative meanings of development.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, v. 6, issue 3, p. 203-220
Scholar Commons Citation
Pal, Mahuya and Dutta, Mohan J., "“Land is Our Mother”: Alternative Meanings of Development in Subaltern Organizing" (2013). Communication Faculty Publications. 316.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/spe_facpub/316
