Anthropology and Global Capital

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Abstract
This article examines the recent burgeoning of tribal movements within the context of the current global political economy. Contemporary events within the Thane District of Maharashtra, India are linked up with scientific and institutional discourses on tribal and indigenous people, which present certain caveats for anthropologists. I argue that positive representations of tribal people do not necessarily translate into an advancement of struggles for justice and equity. In the conclusion, I focus upon the need for social theorists to rethink their role to be one of articulation rather than of representation of tribal issues/movements.