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SequenceTypeName TitleFirst NameLast NameDepartmentInstitute / Affiliation
1 Author Ms. Shima Saha Anthropology and tribal studies Central University of Jharkhand
Abstract Information
TrackID
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IUAES23_ABS_R1973
Abstract Theme
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P124 - Indigenous Knowledge and Healing Practices: Change and Continuity.
Abstract Title
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Indigenous knowledge practises an alternative way of healing: narratives of the tea workers in Dooars regions of West Bengal.
Short Abstract
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Dooars region of West Bengal is famous for its tea. Many tribal people from central India, Orisaa, Jharkhand, were brought to various tea plantations as tea labourers by British planters. Their descendants are still working as tea labourers and recognised. Since many tea plantations don't offer adequate medical care, workers there have been forced to rely on their own traditional systems of healing. This study aims to investigate how these practises and systems of knowledge are beneficial to them.
Long Abstract
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According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) studies, the production of knowledge is preserved in a localised and traditional way of dealing with human life since it results from interactions with the natural environment. The indigenous people's traditional belief system and practises suffered a severe setback when modernity first began, followed by the wave of globalisation. The current research suggests a new narrative in which the tea tribes of the dooars of West Bengal meet the operationalization of the modern healthcare system while also considering the local knowledge of healing practises as stimulus. By following this path, I'll introduce the reader to a new issue: how localised healing practises are evolving in tandem with the paradigm of sustainable development, which is essential for the Dooars region's tea estates to adapt to the region's changing ecology.
Abstract Keywords
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Tea tribes, health , indigenous knowledge systems.