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2019 RLF

Ipsita Dey, Princeton University

Indo-Fijian Eco-Religious Claims to Political Belonging in Fiji

Indo-Fijian Eco-Religious Claims to Political Belonging in Fiji

Ipsita is a Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology at Princeton University, currently conducting fieldwork with Indo-Fijian farmers in the Sigatoka Valley, Fiji. Her research focuses on how the rapid growth of the agricultural industry in Fiji (partially in response to the disruption of the tourism industry during the COVID-19 pandemic), offers political opportunities for Indo-Fijians to articulate a spiritual claim to the landscape and social belonging in Fiji. Ipsita’s preliminary fieldwork in Fiji, conducted during Summer 2019, was funded by the SPA-RLF Fellowship.