How Social Movements Imagine

Bobby Luthra Sinha holds a PhD in Social Anthropology and Political Science from the University of Basel Switzerland and a Post-Doc from the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. An independent author, lead researcher, editor, and advisor to several research bodies, NGOs, and multi-media outlets, she is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Asian, African and Latin American Studies (CAALAS) at the ISS, Delhi, and Co-Chair of the Migration Commission for the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnographic Sciences (IUAES). Luthra Sinha undertakes research and advocacy work on the issue of environmental and human rights of tribals, women, migrants, and diasporas with a strong focus on SDGs and community resilience. Her ethnographic documentaries and research on the Bishnois of Western Rajasthan in India are available at: https://www.sahapedia.org/bishnois-of-western-rajasthan-culture-of-nature-conservation

1. Introduction and Chapterisation 2. ‘Micro Social Movements’ (MSMs) As ‘Newer’ Social Movements of the South and the Mobilisation of a Shared Imagination 3. The Anthropology of Protest: Of Layered Discursiveness and Twin Imaginations 4. Anti-Poaching Movement of the BTF in Western Rajasthan: A Layered Discursive Formation 5. Anti-Substance Abuse Movement of the ADF In Durban: A Layered Discursive Formation 6. Summaries and a Comparative Analysis of Two Micro Social Movements (MSMs)