Culture of fear and conservation of nature: Critiquing the construction of Sarppakavu in Kerala

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dc.contributor.authorMohan, Monisha
dc.contributor.authorAlex, Gigy J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-15T16:19:43Z
dc.date.available2021-04-15T16:19:43Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper critiques the culture of fear accredited to sarppakavu in Kerala, through an investigation of William Logan's Malabar Manual. Kavu, the regional variant of sacred groves in Kerala, a state in Southern India, in the traditional sense is a consortium of trees devoted to various deities and sarppakavu is a variant that is dedicated exclusively to the worship of serpents. An ecozone guarded in the interest of a presiding deity, human intrusion into kavu is prohibited through a strategic amalgamation of myths and taboos. As a symbiotic space permeated by nature (forest) and culture (deity), it has undergone tremendous transformations. The paper argues that sarppakavu in Kerala is an epitome of human-nature-culture co-existence practised among non-indigenous communities, managed through the culture of fear-appeasement. It foregrounds that Logan analysed this culture of fear-appeasement from a religious perspective that delimited the sacred space of kavu and overlooked the role of ecofear in enhancing nature-human cohabitation through the construction and conservation of sarppakavu.
dc.identifier.citationMohan, M. & Alex, G. J. (2021). Culture of fear and conservation of Nature: Critiquing the construction of sarppakavu in Kerala. International Journal of Fear Studies, 3(1), 92-104
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/113248
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38739
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherIn Search of Fearlessness Research Institute
dc.publisherThe Fearology Institute
dc.publisher.facultyWerklund School of Education
dc.publisher.hasversionPublished version
dc.rightsMonisha Mohan & Gigy J. Alex ©2021
dc.subjectfear
dc.subjectkavu
dc.subjectecozone
dc.subjectculture
dc.subjectconservation
dc.titleCulture of fear and conservation of nature: Critiquing the construction of Sarppakavu in Kerala
dc.typejournal article
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