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Contributed papers presented at a national workshop organized by Dept. of Anthropology, Andhra University during 15-17, December 2003.
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The research papers included in this volume provide the practical knowledge of tribal folks of India in utilization of indigenous science and technologies in their activities.
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Indigenous Science and Technology for Sustainable Development
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents Foreword/J.M. Naidu. Introduction/V. Subramanyam. I. Indigenous knowledge systems 1. Indigenous knowledge systems of local people/V.R. Rao. 2. Technology of tribal and rural artisans and handicrafts/J.M. Naidu. 3. Knowledge systems hierarchies and relevance/V. Sudarsen and S. Sumathi. 4. Technology is the route to progress a view from the study of prehistoric material culture/S. Krishna Rao. 5. Creative excellence of tribal Continuity of indigenous knowledge for sustenance/Gopa Chakrabarti. 6. Hidden wisdom behind the primitive huts/Jesurathnam Devarapalli. 7. Indigenous housing pattern and architecture an appraisal/P. Venkata Rao. 8. Dynamics of indigenous knowledge a case study of Cyclopean Technology in Eastern Ghats/P. Vijaya Prakash. II. Traditional Subsistence Systems 9. Use of traditional technologies in the subsistence activities and sustainable development a study among primitive tribes of Visakha Agency Andhra Pradesh/P. Durga Rao and V. Subramanyam. 10. The Horticulturists of Central Nicobar Islands a study of indigenous production system/K. Ravi. 11. Simple technologies and complicated linkages From Siwalik Hills to Eastern Ghats/Rajesh Patnaik and B.V.R. Prasad. 12. Science and application of indigenous technological knowledge for sustenance among the Abhujh Maria/Samira Dasgupta. 13. Sustainable development in relation to traditional wisdom of Bison Horn Maria/Amitabha Sarkar. 14. Toddy Tapping Technology a means of economic subsistence/K. Viswanatha Reddy. 15. Indigenous knowledge and subsistence systems some observations among the primitive tribal groups of Andhra Pradesh/G.V. Ramana. III. Traditional Health Care Systems 16. Survival of Ethnomedicine in the modern medical world a study among the Kadar Tribe of Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu/K. Sasicoumar Brumot. 17. Ethnomedicine and the traditional treatment a case study of the Irular of Tamil Nadu/Shaik Abdul Azeez Saheb. 18. Gods in the Garb of Healers an interface between indigenous knowledge and the supernatural/K.E. Rajpramukh and P.D.S. Pal Kumar. 19. Traditional practices in mother and child health care among tribal populations of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh/V.L. Narasimha Rao and P. Durga Rao. 20. Papikondala Treatment a practice of indigenous medicine among tribal folk in Andhra Pradesh/B.Y. Venkateswarlu and R. Santha Rao. 21. Dietary practices in some nomadic tribes of Andhra Pradesh problems and perspectives/S. Narahari. 22. Human genetics in the service of tribal health/G. Paddaiah. IV. Traditional folk media 23. Folklore and traditional folk media technologies in rural and tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh an anthropological perspective/V. Subramanyam. 24. Folklore and traditional folk media technologies/Magimai Pragasam. 25. Traditional education the role of teaching technology/K.P. Subba Rao. 26. Role of Traditional Youth Dormitory in Muduvan Community of Tamil Nadu/S.D. Jeachandirane Siva. 27. Language and culture a study in acculturation and loss/S. Manoharan. V. Indigenous science resource management and sustainable development 28. Indigenous science traditional techniques and tribal development some reflections from Nilgiri Hills Tamil Nadu/Jakka Parthasarathy. 29. Traditional knowledge and sustainable resource management among the Savaras of Srikakulam Andhra Pradesh/Arun Kumar Singh. 30. Remote Sensing vs Indigenous technologies in Watershed development in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu/P. Sudhakara Reddy and V. Narayana Reddy. 31. Traditional non chemical agricultural practices among the Tribes of Visakha Agency in Andhra Pradesh/V. Subramanyam. 32. Utilization of indigenous technology by the tribes for the sustainable development/T. Subramanyam Naidu. Contributors. Indigenous knowledge is the informal knowledge that exists in local societies as against formal knowledge developed by the universities and research institutions of modern society. Indigenous knowledge of a human group covers a wide range of its members. Seller Inventory # 67771