The cultural dimension of environment: Ethnoscientific study on Santhal community in eastern India

Abstract This study explores the Santhal community to enhance the understanding of the human-nature relationship that fully captures distinct intricacies of ethnoecology. Relying on a qualitative research design, this study focuses on the perception and interpretation of environmental aspects using...

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Autores principales:	Koustab Majumdar, Dipankar Chatterjee
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Publicado:	SpringerOpen 2021
Materias:	Culture Environmental perception Environmental change Ethnoscience Santhals India Anthropology GN1-890 Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ffe7dd55b56d490b8e7e8efb436ee52b2021-12-05T12:26:05ZThe cultural dimension of environment: Ethnoscientific study on Santhal community in eastern India10.1186/s41257-021-00057-22366-1003https://doaj.org/article/ffe7dd55b56d490b8e7e8efb436ee52b2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s41257-021-00057-2https://doaj.org/toc/2366-1003Abstract This study explores the Santhal community to enhance the understanding of the human-nature relationship that fully captures distinct intricacies of ethnoecology. Relying on a qualitative research design, this study focuses on the perception and interpretation of environmental aspects using ethnoscientific methods among Santhals in West Bengal, India. It reveals that Santhals are still unique in perceiving the environment learned through folk models. Santhal’s perception of environmental domains is constituted by various cognitive elements (resource distributions, care, feelings, attachment, myths, and superstitious credence toward their environment) and multifaceted interpretations (living beings, nonliving objects, natural and built environment). Based on its evidence, this study recommends that indigenous worldview-based ethnoscientific knowledge is the identity of indigenity that shapes ethnoscientific knowledge can be used in sustainable resource management practice. Furthermore, the study proposes a view that ignoring this unique ethnoscientific knowledge-based worldview base may degenerate the indigenous culture.Koustab MajumdarDipankar ChatterjeeSpringerOpenarticleCultureEnvironmental perceptionEnvironmental changeEthnoscienceSanthalsIndiaAnthropologyGN1-890Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropologyGN301-674ENInternational Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-21 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Culture Environmental perception Environmental change Ethnoscience Santhals India Anthropology GN1-890 Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674 Koustab Majumdar Dipankar Chatterjee The cultural dimension of environment: Ethnoscientific study on Santhal community in eastern India
description	Abstract This study explores the Santhal community to enhance the understanding of the human-nature relationship that fully captures distinct intricacies of ethnoecology. Relying on a qualitative research design, this study focuses on the perception and interpretation of environmental aspects using ethnoscientific methods among Santhals in West Bengal, India. It reveals that Santhals are still unique in perceiving the environment learned through folk models. Santhal’s perception of environmental domains is constituted by various cognitive elements (resource distributions, care, feelings, attachment, myths, and superstitious credence toward their environment) and multifaceted interpretations (living beings, nonliving objects, natural and built environment). Based on its evidence, this study recommends that indigenous worldview-based ethnoscientific knowledge is the identity of indigenity that shapes ethnoscientific knowledge can be used in sustainable resource management practice. Furthermore, the study proposes a view that ignoring this unique ethnoscientific knowledge-based worldview base may degenerate the indigenous culture.
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title	The cultural dimension of environment: Ethnoscientific study on Santhal community in eastern India
title_short	The cultural dimension of environment: Ethnoscientific study on Santhal community in eastern India
title_full	The cultural dimension of environment: Ethnoscientific study on Santhal community in eastern India
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The cultural dimension of environment: Ethnoscientific study on Santhal community in eastern India

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