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Law, governance, and culture in Gilgit-Baltistan: introduction
- Abstract:
- This paper offers an introduction to law, governance and culture in Gilgit-Baltistan. The first section provides a historical survey of the most significant events that make of Gilgit-Baltistan a disputed territory with uncertain constitutional status in Pakistan. The second section delves into the case law that has sanctioned the constitutional status and the rights of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan in connection with the concepts of liminality and marginality. The third section mentions two current mega-projects, the Bhasha Dam and the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), in order to highlight the economic and political stakes that Gilgit-Baltistan represents at the national and international level. The fourth section surveys religious diversity and sectarianism as components that consistently arise in recent socio-political analyses of Gilgit-Baltistan as factors underlying latent unrest and sudden conflicts. The paper concludes with a proposal to de-colonise the anthropology of Gilgit-Baltistan through a process of cultural expertise that includes perspectives and knowledge generated by scholars that are native of or have spent long periods in Gilgit-Baltistan without necessarily belonging to the elitist networks of first class universities around the globe.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/19472498.2019.1576300
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- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Journal:
- South Asian History and Culture More from this journal
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 1-13
- Publication date:
- 2019-03-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-06-08
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1947-2501
- ISSN:
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1947-2498
- Language:
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English
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pubs:856832
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uuid:b978406b-d2f2-484e-8d5a-e092eaa709cd
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pubs:856832
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856832
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2018-06-09
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- Copyright holder:
- Taylor and Francis
- Copyright date:
- 2019
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- © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Taylor and Francis at https://doi.org/10.1080/19472498.2019.1576300
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