Tourism in the Mountains of Central Kerala (South India): at the Crossroads of Attitudes Towards Forest Populations
In South India the term “Adivasi” (original inhabitants) designates forest dwellers, defined in the Constitution of India as Scheduled Tribes, who live in the Ghat mountains and their foothills. These populations have been ascribed two essentialist visions: preserved tribes living in harmony with na...
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| description | In South India the term “Adivasi” (original inhabitants) designates forest dwellers, defined in the Constitution of India as Scheduled Tribes, who live in the Ghat mountains and their foothills. These populations have been ascribed two essentialist visions: preserved tribes living in harmony with nature and backward peoples who need to be educated so that they can be integrated into Indian society. These two visions coexist in how the mountain-dwelling Adivasi are perceived today by tourists as well as by the inhabitants of the plains and cities. This article underscores just how burdensome this past legacy is when observing these mountain areas and in the attitudes towards their inhabitants. Through several examples of tourist sites in Kerala, this article analyses the place accorded to the mountain Adivasi in the collective and tourist imagination, the role assigned to the local populations in tourist development, and how tourism brings out the hierarchical and inegalitarian social relations existing within forest society. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-18c948b6481d4df0b57ce0731b047dbd2025-01-10T15:55:35ZengInstitut de Géographie AlpineRevue de Géographie Alpine0035-11211760-74262018-01-01105310.4000/rga.3856Tourism in the Mountains of Central Kerala (South India): at the Crossroads of Attitudes Towards Forest PopulationsLucie DejouhanetIn South India the term “Adivasi” (original inhabitants) designates forest dwellers, defined in the Constitution of India as Scheduled Tribes, who live in the Ghat mountains and their foothills. These populations have been ascribed two essentialist visions: preserved tribes living in harmony with nature and backward peoples who need to be educated so that they can be integrated into Indian society. These two visions coexist in how the mountain-dwelling Adivasi are perceived today by tourists as well as by the inhabitants of the plains and cities. This article underscores just how burdensome this past legacy is when observing these mountain areas and in the attitudes towards their inhabitants. Through several examples of tourist sites in Kerala, this article analyses the place accorded to the mountain Adivasi in the collective and tourist imagination, the role assigned to the local populations in tourist development, and how tourism brings out the hierarchical and inegalitarian social relations existing within forest society.https://journals.openedition.org/rga/3856representationsmountainstourismparticipationIndiaAdivasi |
| spellingShingle | Lucie Dejouhanet Tourism in the Mountains of Central Kerala (South India): at the Crossroads of Attitudes Towards Forest Populations Revue de Géographie Alpine representations mountains tourism participation India Adivasi |
| title | Tourism in the Mountains of Central Kerala (South India): at the Crossroads of Attitudes Towards Forest Populations |
| title_full | Tourism in the Mountains of Central Kerala (South India): at the Crossroads of Attitudes Towards Forest Populations |
| title_fullStr | Tourism in the Mountains of Central Kerala (South India): at the Crossroads of Attitudes Towards Forest Populations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tourism in the Mountains of Central Kerala (South India): at the Crossroads of Attitudes Towards Forest Populations |
| title_short | Tourism in the Mountains of Central Kerala (South India): at the Crossroads of Attitudes Towards Forest Populations |
| title_sort | tourism in the mountains of central kerala south india at the crossroads of attitudes towards forest populations |
| topic | representations mountains tourism participation India Adivasi |
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