Browsing by Author "Das, Hemanta Kumar"

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    An Analysis of Indigenous Knowledge Collection at Botanical Survey of India, Shillong
    (INFLIBNET Centre Gandhinagar, 2024-09-19) Deka, Banasri; Das, Jitu; Das, Hemanta Kumar
    Indigenous knowledge is the information gathered by indigenous communities within a particular area over many years. The study has been confined to the indigenous knowledge collection of the Botanical Survey of India, Shillong only. The main objective of BSI is to survey and document traditional knowledge (Ethno-botany) associated with plants. Most of the information is available in the form of books and project reports as well as research papers by BSI scientists. Apart from these sources one medicinal plant database is there with information of 1915 species, 1082 samples of Indian textile and 3000 samples of dye patterns in digitised form. They have collections on various fields like medicine, art & culture, local drinks, agriculture etc. Those resources are collected from different states of India across various tribes. Lack of awareness is the main problem faced by the organisation in collecting indigenous knowledge documents, but they are trying to create awareness by organising different programs.
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    Documentation on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Practices in Udalguri and Karbi Anglong, Assam
    (INFLIBNET Centre Gandhinagar, 2024-09-19) Das, Hemanta Kumar; Kropi, Klaret; Naga, Moses M
    Traditional knowledge is abandoned by the particular community and passed to the next generation verbally. Due to the nature of knowledge flow traditional knowledge, needs to be documented so that we will not lose the knowledge and can use it for problem-solving activities for living beings and the benefit of the planet Earth. Documentation of Traditional Knowledge is a process of collecting, classifying, recording, preserving, and communicating the information in a readily accessible form which is an indispensable aspect of libraries. Traditional herbal medicine practices are an integral part of various communities inhabiting Assam. In this paper, an attempt has been made to document the traditional herbal medicinal practices in the Udalguri development block of Assam and Langsomepi development block of Karbi Anglong district, Assam with the idea to implement the strategies in libraries for documentation of the tacit knowledge.