Full Description
This book delineates tribal knowledge systems and emphasizes their multidisciplinary nature. It describes their different components such as the science behind tribal art and architecture, medicinal and healing systems, agricultural and nutritional aspects, and ways of human-nature coherence. It highlights the importance of preservation and promotion of these knowledge systems to create a sustainable world.
The book explains the structure and functions of tribal knowledge systems that have the potential to create a balance between nature and development. It describes the various approaches to traditional lifestyles and the conversion of those approaches into modern science and technology-based theories. It also outlines the policy framework developed by the government and the suite of legal instruments for preserving and promoting these knowledge systems in more scientific and applicable ways.
This book will be useful to the students, researchers, and academicians working on tribal studies, indigenous knowledge systems, anthropology, sociology, tribal studies, development studies, cultural studies, and human/cultural and social geography.
Contents
Figures x
Tables xi
List of Contributors xii
Foreword xviii
Preface xix
List of Abbreviations xxiv
PART I
Theoretical Foundations and the Conceptual Framework 1
1 Tribal Knowledge System: Meaning and Concept 3
PAVAN RAMESH TERDAL
2 Language and Oral Literature in Tribal Knowledge Dissemination 28
BALUMURI VENKATESWARLU
3 The Knowledge Systems of Tribal Women and Their Sustainable Indigenous Practices 47
NAGESH M AND ALEKYA CHALUMURI
4 Sacred Landscapes: Tribal Knowledge, Ecology, and Community Resilience 60
REONA SHINAM AND SHRAVAN B RAJ
PART II
Indigenous Health Systems and Healing Practices 77
5 Health, Hygiene, and Healing System among the Karimpalan Tribe in Kerala: Exploring Continuity and Change 79
THANG MIN LUN AND B BINDU
6 Decolonizing Medicine: Insights from Odisha's Tribal Healing Systems for Holistic and Sustainable Wellness 95
PRAVAT RANJAN SETHI
7 Strategies for Integrating Traditional Healing Practices into Modern Healthcare Systems: A Comprehensive Approach 115
PARIKIPANDLA SRIDEVI
PART III
Traditional Food Systems and Agricultural Sustainability 129
8 Indigenous Nutritional Practices for Global Health and Food Security: Processed Cocoyam as a Sustainable Superfood 131
OKEKE CHINYERE CHARITY AND CHIAMAKA CHINASA OBASI
9 Traditional Food, and Indigenous Farming of the Baiga Tribe: Livelihoods and Modernization Impacts 145
SHIV RAJ, MEGHA GUPTA AND MEENAKSHI KUMARI
10 Tribal Knowledge in Sustainable Food Systems: Investigating Agriculture, Nutrition, and Culinary Traditions 161
K R MOHAN
PART IV
Tourism, Culture, and Economic Empowerment 185
11 Pastoral Tourism: Sustaining Tribal Identity and Revitalizing Tradition 187
ADITI CHOUDHARY, ANKITA DEVNATH AND MAHIMA GOPALKRISHNA
12 Tourism Crossroads and Tribal Knowledge System: A Narrative of Vulnerabilities and Socio-Ethnic Dynamism in Mizoram 203
LALCHHUANAWMA CHHANGTE AND BINDI VARGHESE
13 Promotion of Tribal Cultural Tourism through Traditional Festivals in Andhra Pradesh: An Empirical Study 222
LAKSHMINARAYANA K, SAMPATH KUMAR, PRAVEEN M KULKARNI, APPASABA L V AND BASAVARAJ S TIGADI
14 Advancing Tribal Tourism Marketing through Innovation and Emerging Technologies 245
SHREEANSH MISHRA AND JITENDRA MOHAN MISHRA
PART V
Governance, Identity, and Crisis Response 263
15 Tribal Knowledge in Crisis: Scripting Emergency Protocols for Cultural Preservation 265
DASARI NARAYANA AND HARIHARARAO MOJJADA
16 The Last Tribal Kingdom: Governance and Sustainability Lessons from the Mannan Tribes of Idukki District in Kerala 279
DAVIS JOSEPH AND R SRIDHARAN
Final Reflections 294
Index 299
