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Indigenous Knowledge among the Young Generation in Sundarbans


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All over the World Indigenous knowledge plays an important role in the conservation of nature and natural resources. It passed orally from one generation to the next and continued generation-wise without any written form. In Indian Sundarbans, people use traditional knowledge to adapt themselves to this flood and cyclone-prone area. The forest-dependent people such as honey collectors, fishers, crab collectors, and forest-independent people cultivators use indigenous knowledge. But the young generation is less interested in their ancestral traditions and they disappear rapidly. The objective of this study is to find out the indigenous knowledge among school students. A quantitative research design is adopted with purposive sampling in the Sundarbans locality. Data collection was performed by telecommunication due to the COVID-19 pandemic time. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the collected data. The analysis shows that it is essential to conserve valuable Indigenous Knowledge. It needs to be present interestingly to the young generation, i.e., school students in this study. Also, Government should take initiatives to protect indigenous knowledge.

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Indigenous Knowledge, Sundarbans, Young Generation
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Authors

Arupa Mandal
Department of Education, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Santoshi Halder
Department of Education, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Abstract


All over the World Indigenous knowledge plays an important role in the conservation of nature and natural resources. It passed orally from one generation to the next and continued generation-wise without any written form. In Indian Sundarbans, people use traditional knowledge to adapt themselves to this flood and cyclone-prone area. The forest-dependent people such as honey collectors, fishers, crab collectors, and forest-independent people cultivators use indigenous knowledge. But the young generation is less interested in their ancestral traditions and they disappear rapidly. The objective of this study is to find out the indigenous knowledge among school students. A quantitative research design is adopted with purposive sampling in the Sundarbans locality. Data collection was performed by telecommunication due to the COVID-19 pandemic time. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the collected data. The analysis shows that it is essential to conserve valuable Indigenous Knowledge. It needs to be present interestingly to the young generation, i.e., school students in this study. Also, Government should take initiatives to protect indigenous knowledge.

Keywords


Indigenous Knowledge, Sundarbans, Young Generation

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