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Call for Papers Theme: Tribal Rights Subtitle: Philosophical Base, Problems and Prospects Type: ICPR National Seminar Institution: Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) Department of Social Work, Jain Vishva Bharati University Location: Ladnun, Rajasthan (India) Date: 10.–12.4.2015 Deadline: 25.3.2015 __________________________________________________ About fifteen percent of country’s areas have been used by tribal communities for their habitat to various ecological and geo-climatic conditions ranging from plains, forests, hills to inaccessible areas. They are identified as having primitive traits, a distinctive culture, shyness of contact with at large, geographical isolation and socio-economic backwardness. During the period of British Administration, the tribals had virtually no statutory right but enjoyed only certain concessions/privileges such as right to take water for agricultural purposes, digging of well and canals, free grazing in open forests, removal of timber, bamboos, reeds, canes etc. for construction and repair of houses and for agriculture implements, collection of deadwood for domestic use as fuel, collection of grass for cattle and for thatching their huts, fishing and hunting excluding the protected fauna and cultivation of forest land. They use forest, land and water for their livelihood. After independence the Government, as per its constitutional commitments, has undertaken several steps in forms of legislative actions, formulation of policies, development and implementation of programmes for implementing the philosophy of social justice for tribals. In order to strengthen philosophy of social justice, varied kinds of tribal rights have been given regarding use of forest produce, land and water to tribals. Rights of local self governece has also been bestowed in tribal areas. But it is a matter of examination and evaluation that whether these tribal rights have been able to nurture philosophy of social justice in Indian psyche where justice exercised within a society particularly as it is exercised by and among the various social classes of society. Whether, through these rights, the values of (a) equal opportunity, (b) just allocation of advantages and disadvantages preventing the abuse of power and liberty (c) just decision of disputes and adoption of change, (d) removal of injustice in personal relations of people and removal of imbalances in political, economic and social life of the people, (e) distribution of means, benefits burdens etc. throughout the society (biological, social, economic and cultural development of individual in a society and (g) fairness in the distribution of resources, rights, opportunities and duties have been enshrined for Indian Tribals. Against this backdrop, Department of Social Work, JVBI, Ladnun is going to hold the National Seminar on “Tribal Rights: Philosophical Base, Problems and Prospects” on April 10-12, 2015. The seminar would like to give space for the practitioners, researchers and academicians to engage, share and interact on various topics related to tribal rights. Aim and Objectives The main aim of this seminar is to analyse tribal rights for the purpose of providing social justice to Indian Tribals. Specifically the objectives of the seminar are as follows: 1. To describe different tribal rights. 2. To make an assessment of these rights in developing the philosophy of social justice towards tribal society in India. 3. To highlight the problems coming in the way of enjoying tribal rights. 4. To suggest ways and means for making these tribal rights effective in establishing just and sane society for tribals as well as farming future policies and programs. Themes of the Seminar The main themes of seminar is Tribal Rights: Philosophical Base, Problems and Prospects and Sub themes of seminar are: a. Tribal Rights: Philosophy and Ideology b. Tribal Rights: Overview and Contributions of National and International Organizations c. Tribal Rights: Challenges and Problems d. Tribal Rights: Prospects and Policy Implications Prospective Participants Academicians, Experts, Researchers, Scholars, College and University teachers working on the various dimensions of Tribal Rights and also those NGOs actively involved and working towards the positive inclusion of Tribal Rights will be the vital participants for the seminar. Submissions Full papers with a short abstract are invited on any of the above sub-themes proposed above. Participants are requested to mail their abstracts to [email protected] latest by March 25, 2015. Acceptance of the abstract/papers would be confirmed through email within one week. The authors should mention their title of the paper, names, designations, affiliating institutions, mailing address, contact no., email ID. All the papers would be reviewed and about 60 papers would be accepted. The seminar proceedings will be published with ISBN. The length of full paper including tables, diagrams, illustrations, references etc. should be about 5000 words. The full paper should be typed in MS-Word in Times New Roman with font size 12 (for papers in Hindi should be in Kurti Dev 010). Bibliographical references should be arranged alphabetically and given at the end of the text preferably in the APA format. Important Dates Last date of submission of full paper with abstract: March 25, 2015 Acceptance of abstract and Conformation of Travel Grant: March 30, 2015 Payment of the registration fee: April 07, 2015 Organising Committee Patron: Samni Charitra Prajana, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Director: Prof. R. B. S. Verma, Head, Department of Social Work Organising Secretory: Dr. B. Pradhan Convener: Mr. Jitendra K Verma, Members: Ms. Pushpa Mishra and Ms. Jyoti Swami, Contact: Dr. B. Pradhan Department of Social Work Jain Vishva Bharati University Ladnun-341306, Rajasthan India Email: [email protected] Web: http://jvbi.ac.in/pdf/1424757521.pdf __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
