Dolly Kikon is an anthropologist in the Anthropology and Development Studies Program at the University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on resource extraction, militarisation, development, human rights, migration, gender, and political economy. Her books include Living with Oil and Coal: Resource Politics & Militarization in Northeast India, Ceasefire City: Militarism, Capitalism, and Urbanism in Dimapur (co-authored with Duncan McDuie-Ra), Leaving the Land: Indigenous Migration and Affective Labour (co-authored with Bengt G. Karlsson) and Life and Dignity; Women’s testimonies of Sexual Violence in Dimapur (Nagaland).