Forest Rights: Jung Jungle aur Jungle ke logo ka. Voices of Bhil
tribal from semi-arid forest, Rajasthan, India. A short video documentary
(14mins) film 'Forest Rights' is produced and directed by Purabi Bose based on
research field work data collection. Camera assistance by Savyasachi. The film
brings the voices of marginalised scheduled tribes, in particular, the Bhil
tribal of Rajasthan, to express the complexities of tribal India's
decentralisation and forest tenure reform in their lives and in tribal
self-governance of forests in semi-arid areas. The story told through the voices
of Bhil people (men and women) provides further insights on the issue of
institutional pluralism, citizenship, forest governmentality, participation, and
the challenge of access rights particularly of tribal women that are prevalent
amnd may have increased due to the implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006.
This film has been premiered at the International Association for the Study of
Commons (IASC), January 2011 in Hyderabad, India. The film has been used as
educational material in the Universities (on Social Development, Law and
Governance, and Forest Management and People) in the Netherlands, USA, Brazil
and Germany.