About the Book

This work critically examines the linkages between the IKS and contemporary development practices, with the Galo tribe of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India as a case study. Essentially, the context explored in the book relates to the status and sustenance of IKS in relation to a market-led development process from a theoretical perspective, drawing on empirical evidence. The work is an interdisciplinary enquiry into critical areas emerging from the connections between IKS and development interventions in tribal communities, which have further bearing on policies and programmes. It will undoubtedly be useful to scholars, academics, planners, bureaucrats, NGO activists and other development practitioners interested in the dynamics of people-centred development emerging from the relations between indigenous knowledge and development strategies.

About Author

Jumyir Basar, M.A. (Anthropology), Ph.D (Tribal Studies) from Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, is faculty at Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies of the same University. Basar is also an Associate at IUC, Indian Institute of Advanced Study; Shimla, besides being member of many professional bodies. She is actively involved in NGO and women's movements of the State. Her research interest includes IKS, social exclusion, women's issues and development interventions. She has conducted field studies among various tribes, namely Nyishi, Wancho and Birhor. She has presented more than 25 papers in national and international seminars in the country and abroad. She has co-edited three volumes on the themes of marginalised identity and interventions for tribal development in the context of globalisation.

Contents

Preface
List of Appendix and List of Charts
List of Plates
Abbreviations

I. Introduction
II. Contours of Resource Use
III. Galo World-view and Resource Use
IV. Indigenous Technical Knowledge in Resource Use: Changing Perspectives
V. Findings and Analysis
VI. Summary and Conclusions
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Plates
Index

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