Indigenous
Challenges and Strategies of Ethnomedicinal Practices in Tribal India
By: PRIYANKA – The ethno-medical practices of tribal India represent a rich heritage of healing and cultural knowledge. To ensure that these practices are preserved and revitalized, the challenges they face must be addressed. We can preserve and strengthen the invaluable contributions of tribal ethno-medicine to health and well-being by documenting traditional knowledge, providing education…
Indigenous Form of Terrace Cultivation among the Mao Nagas
By: DAILI NELI – The interesting question of mankind is the ascertainment of the place which man occupies on earth. In order to survive, man has to co-exist with nature and culture. They depend on nature for everything from food to shelter. However, nature does not in itself specify how resources are to be exploited…
Healing and the land: cultural perspectives on health and environment. The case of Aboriginal Australia
Aboriginal, Australia, burning, colonization, Conservation, culture, Environment, Europeans, fire, health, humans, Indigenous, land, Nature, New South Wales, totemism, Victoria, wellbeing, WesternBy: CHIARA TELLARINI – In this article, it is questioned whether and how cultural values and ideas play a role in influencing the ways in which we, as humans, behave towards nature, and how then we end up shaping it differently; this is done by bringing at first the instance of “Western” conceptions on the…
Health Perceptions and Ethnomedicinal Practices among the Tai Khamti in Namsai District of Arunachal Pradesh, India
By: HEEROCK JYOTI BARUAH – With the current pace of globalisation and increased anthropogenic activities, forest resources are rapidly deteriorating. Consequently, the primary challenge to the forest fringe communities is the reduction of biodiversity and the gradual change in climatic conditions. Such societies are naturally dependent on the forest resources for their livelihoods and the…