| traditional practices
TRAVERSING THE ECOLOGIES
BOOK REVIEW | MARGINLANDS: INDIAN LANDSCAPES ON THE BRINK
Review by Maithily Velangi
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| Various encounters with natural landscapes, cultures, and associated knowledge systems across the country form an enriching and engaging repository for sharing values, learning, and traditional wisdom for better living environments.
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| While there is continuous reporting of statistical data regarding the impacts of Climate Change in various parts of the world, many thinkers and professionals are trying to find solutions to better these numerical to sound positive for us to believe that we have a sound future. In this effort, it becomes very critical to gather and document every knowledge that comes in multiple forms, from stories of indigenous people who know to live in sync with their land, to architectural marvels that are manifestations of such traditional knowledge. Some of the precedents in this realm are books namely, Dying Wisdom: Rise and Fall of Traditional Water Harvesting Systems in India [1997, Publication: Centre for Science and Environment] by Anil Agarwal & Sunita Narain, the publications and guidebooks by Biome made available online for distribution and many such. This kind of documentation will then aid the solution finders with validations and proofs to convincingly utilize these methods for their way of finding into the future. Such stories may lie deep within the forests and deserts, embedded in the valleys, or floating on the marshlands at the edge of land and sea, one has to look for them, travel, live, and spend time within these landscapes.
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