Jungle Passports by Malini Sur starts with a fresh approach to the northeast India-Bangladesh border by portraying it not primarily as a disruptor but as an “assembly of life forces” (p. 8)—a border that does not stop, but instead animates daily activities. Through a reading of ecologies, infrastructures, exchanges, and mobility, Sur zooms into the heart of borderland communities in Bangladesh and India for whom the border hardly throws up complicated questions of nation and sovereignty but simply remains a line that needs to be negotiated for different purposes. However, Sur eventually traces the evolution of the same border into an irrefutable physical and ontological barrier that freezes once closely-knit cross-border ties and serves as the site upon which the Indian province of Assam's (and in turn, the state of India's) daily (re)production of “migrants,” “illegals,” “citizens,” and “refugees” are staged. In so doing, with a mastery of ethnographic narratives combined with rich archival work, Sur offers a vivid picture of daily lives marked with visible forces (e.g., border guards), invisible fears (e.g., the fear of being killed and apprehended) and the natural ability of borderlanders to “sense” the border—an instinct that only those who live long enough along that border develop.

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书评：丛林护照：印度东北部 - 孟加拉国边境的围栏、流动性和公民身份，Md Azmeary Ferdoush

丛林护照作者：Malini Sur 以一种全新的方式开始处理印度-孟加拉东北部边界，主要将其描绘成一个“生命力量的集合”（第 8 页）——边界不会停止，而是为日常活动增添活力. 通过对生态、基础设施、交流和流动性的解读，Sur 深入到孟加拉和印度边境社区的核心，边界几乎不会引发复杂的国家和主权问题，而只是一条需要为不同国家协商的边界。目的。然而，苏尔最终追溯了同一边界演变成不可辩驳的物理和本体论障碍，冻结了曾经紧密联系的跨境联系，并成为印度阿萨姆省（以及印度邦）的所在地。s) 每天（重新）生产“移民”、“非法移民”、“公民”和“难民”。在这样做的过程中，凭借对民族志叙事的精通结合丰富的档案工作，苏尔生动地描绘了日常生活，以可见的力量（例如边防卫队）、不可见的恐惧（例如对被杀和被捕的恐惧）和边境居民“感知”边界的自然能力——只有在边界上生活足够长的人才会发展出这种本能。