On 21 September 2009, the Hindu published an article titled, "Property dispute snowballs into tension". In the previous year a dispute over a funeral and the inheritance of a family property marked the beginning of a larger conflict in Kotagiri town and the surrounding Badaga villages. The local councils decided that the disputed land should be given to the family's only son, but his sisters were the legal owners and rejected this decision. This led to the excommunication of the sisters, and broader disputes about the status of traditional legal institutions and the autonomy of ethnic-based jurisdiction. The state interfered and traditional leaders were arrested. Within a few hours supporters of those leaders blocked roads and boycotted shops and schools. After intense negotiation and posting bail they were released. These events raised questions about tradition, gender, party politics, ethnic autonomy and the relationship to the state. In the years that followed, the conflict continued to influence other areas of social, economic, and ritual life. I argue that atmospheres, as the felt quality of the surrounding space, fanned the flames of the larger conflict. People who participated or witnessed public tension were emotionally affected. Fear, anger, anxiety, uncertainty and disappointment became dominant emotions. News transmitted electronically and in daily papers and TV spread tension. But the human body appeared as the most effective medium for the continuity of the larger conflict. Emotive states were stored in human bodies and carried to local bazaars and into the villages. Local atmospheres were interconnected and formed larger atmospheres.

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Stimmungslagen 和 mobile Akteure。Ein Konflikt in einer südindischen Kleinstadt 2008 bis 2012

2009年9月21日，印度教徒发表了一篇题为“财产纠纷滚雪球进入紧张局势”的文章。去年，一场关于葬礼和家族财产继承的纠纷标志着小泷镇和周围的巴达加村爆发了更大的冲突。地方议会决定将有争议的土地交给这个家庭的独生子，但他的姐妹们是合法所有者，因此拒绝了这一决定。这导致姐妹们被逐出教会，以及关于传统法律机构地位和基于种族的管辖权的自治的更广泛的争议。国家干预，传统领导人被捕。几个小时内，这些领导人的支持者封锁了道路，抵制了商店和学校。经过激烈的谈判和保释后，他们被释放。这些事件引发了关于传统、性别、政党政治、民族自治以及与国家关系的问题。在接下来的几年里，冲突继续影响社会、经济和仪式生活的其他领域。我认为，气氛，作为周围空间的感觉质量，煽动了更大冲突的火焰。参与或目睹公共紧张局势的人会受到情绪影响。恐惧、愤怒、焦虑、不确定和失望成为主导情绪。以电子方式、日报和电视传播的新闻传播紧张局势。但是，人体似乎是延续更大冲突的最有效媒介。情绪状态被储存在人体中，并被带到当地的集市和村庄。局部大气相互联系并形成更大的大气。