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Nullius is an anthropological account of the troubled place of ownership and its consequences for social relations in India. The book provides a detailed study of three doctrinal paradigms where proprietary relations have been erased, denied, or misappropriated by the Indian state. It examines three instantiations of negation, where the Indian state de facto adopted the doctrines of terra nullius (in the erasure of indigenous title), res nullius (in acquiring museum objects), and, controversially, corpus nullius (in denying ownership of one's personhood in citizens' data collected through biometric identification). Nullius contends that even though property rights and ownership are a cornerstone of modern law, they are a spectral presence in the Indian case. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of the anthropology of the state, law, data, museums, legal history, intellectual property, cultural property, heritage, historical anthropology, and South Asia. It will also be of interest to non-academics working in the fields of data, data ethics, cultural property, intellectual property, and museum collections. All HAU Books are OPEN ACCESS, through Knowledge Unlatched, and are available on the HAU Books website: Haubooks.org.Product Identifiers
PublisherHau Society of Ethnographic Theory
ISBN-139781912808472
eBay Product ID (ePID)14046509237
Product Key Features
Number of Pages150 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameNullius-The Anthropology of Ownership, Sovereignty, and the Law in India
Publication Year2022
SubjectAnthropology
TypeTextbook
AuthorKriti Kapila
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height9 mm
Item Weight666 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorKriti Kapila