Forest Tribes of Orissa : Lifestyle and Social Conditions of Selected Orissan Tribes: Vol: 2

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Edité par D K Printworld, New Delhi, 2006

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Contents Preface. Introduction. 1. Theory and method. 2. Forest people and their environment in Orissa. 3. Kuttia Kondh society. 4. Livelihood economy and development. 5. The concepts of space environment and village settlements. 6. Sacred geography of hills and forests. 7. Shifting cultivation way of life and mode of production. 8. Socio cultural aspects of plants animals and humans. 9. Religion magic and disease. 10. Life in the forest. Conclusion. Glossary important cultural terms of the Kuttia Kondh. Appendix 1. Kui Gaani. 2. Kapaka Gaani. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. In the management of renewable resources forests have undeniably a vital role and today as never before their conservation is an urgency. In view of this dire necessity the series man and forest tries to highlight the relevance of indigenous knowledge of various South Asian tribal communities in the sustainable management of forests/local resources more specially against the growing challenges of economic development vis a vis environmental hazards and a rapidly declining resource base. A scientific inquiry into indigenous knowledge is an effort to discover/rediscover the tribals traditional modes of production and conservation. For them it is the only source to cope with the problems of modernity affecting their lives and precarious environments. Forest Tribes of Orissa The Kuttia Kondh is the sixth monograph in the series man and forest and after the publication of an account of the forest world of the Dongaria Kondh in 2002 the second volume to deal with an aboriginal tribe of Orissa. Being a tribal community in transition the authors have tried to document and thus safeguard its local traditional knowledge of conservation use and management of forests and natural resources. They give an account of how the Kuttia Kondh classify trees and other plants hills forests crops and animals. Their subsistence economy agricultural system social organization religious beliefs and other important socio cultural aspects of forest life have been extensively treated. The lifestyle of this tribal community is finally reflected on the background of forest policy and the impact it has on their livelihood. The present book is as most of the volumes in the series the outcome of nearly ten years research venture involving an inter disciplinary intercultural team of sociologists ethnobotanists social anthropologists and other social scientists. 552 pp.…

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Titre
Forest Tribes of Orissa : Lifestyle and Social Conditions of Selected Orissan Tribes: Vol: 2
Auteur
Mihir K Jena; Padmini Pathi; Kamala Kumari Patnaik and Klaus Seeland
Éditeur
D K Printworld, New Delhi
Année de publication
2006
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8124603499
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9788124603499
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