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Inequities in rights over land in Bihar, simmering disputes, and years of frustrated
attempts to secure justice form the backdrop to a grassroots land-mapping exercise
undertaken in 38 villages in 2008. This chapter charts steps made by landless and landscarce
people to map land within their own villages and achieve local ratification for
them. It cites examples of how these maps were used to claim access to land. The process
is understood as a journey of conscientization leading in many cases to praxis and even,
in a few cases, to land justice. Land mapping of this kind involves various subversions of
knowledge and practice: some of these are discussed, as well as some enduring challenges.