In this introduction to a special issue on ‘Reconsidering the Region in India’, we aim to develop a synthetic and theoretically nuanced account of the multifarious ways in which the idea of region has been imbricated in diverse spatial, political, cultural and socio-economic configurations. We draw from various bodies of anthropological, geographic and historical literature to elaborate on three themes that we believe are central to understanding contemporary processes of region-making in India: trans-regional mobilities and connections; the actors who produce and perform regional imaginaries; and changing regional politics of development.

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引言：重新考虑印度地区

在这篇关于“重新考虑印度地区”的特刊的介绍中，我们的目标是对地区概念在不同空间、政治、文化和社会经济领域的多种方式进行综合的、理论上细致入微的说明。配置。我们从各种人类学、地理和历史文献中汲取灵感，详细阐述了我们认为对理解印度当代区域形成过程至关重要的三个主题：跨区域流动和联系；制作和表演地区想象的演员；以及不断变化的区域发展政治。