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@article{192838,
        author = {Ichha Munshi},
        title = {Appraising ‘Indigeneity’: Review of Gérard Toffin’s The Janajati/Adivasi Movement in Nepal: Myths and Realities of Indigeneity},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {9},
        pages = {3114-3118},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=192838},
        abstract = {The following review attempts to contextualize French ethnologist Gérard Toffin’s ethnographic analyses of indigeneity discourse in contemporary Nepal within the broader body of work that has emerged from different ethnographic standpoints vis-à-vis the Janajati/Adivasi movement. The article, published in 2009, was chosen for its novelty: its focus on discourse analysis in the chosen sociocultural context, while potentially exposing itself to criticism for debunking certain ‘myths’ associated with matters of autochthony and ethnic and social grouping. Additionally, the essay evaluates the merits of Toffin's key arguments to address some of the chosen article's primary research questions.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {February},
        }