Workshop on 'Management and Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge: A North-East Perspective'

TERI Library & Information Centre, Knowledge Management Division, in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), is organizing a workshop on 'Management and Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge: A North-East Perspective' from 19-21 November, 2015 at Assam Administrative Staff College, Guwahati with an aim to understand the basics of management and preservation of traditional cultural knowledge prevailing in north east India.

Background
Indigenous Knowledge (IK) refers to the knowledge, innovations, and practices of indigenous groups in matters related to agriculture and environmental management, medicine and health, and art and language. Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs) are also a part of IK. Just like IK, TCEs have also been passed from one generation to another (orally or by tradition) and are an integral part of a culture's identity and heritage. These expressions include, but are not limited to, music and song, stories, symbols, dances, rituals, architecture, arts and crafts.

Indigenous knowledge has been noted to make a significant contribution to sustainable development of local communities, as it is seen as a set of perceptions, information, and behaviour that guides local community members to use the land and natural resources. The goal of managing indigenous knowledge is to provide the right information to the right people at the right time.

Objectives

• To understand the management and preservation of traditional cultural knowledge
• To learn the ways and means to store the tacit and explicit knowledge
• To share the information used by indigenous people for national and cultural management
• To implement programmes to collect, preserve, and disseminate indigenous and local traditional knowledge resources
• To make available and promote information resources that support research and learning about indigenous and local traditional knowledge, its importance, and use in modern society
• To communicate and increase the outreach and publicize the value, contribution, and importance of indigenous and local traditional knowledge to both non-indigenous and indigenous people.

• Different facets of cultural resource management
• How to do organized research
• Preservation of cultural knowledge resource: Documentation and archiving
• Writing skills, including research article writing, proposal writing, and technical writing
• Academic integrity: Copyright, plagiarism, digital rights management
• Tools and techniques for reference management

Participants: The workshop is expected to draw professionals from a wide range of disciplines. Around 50-60 participants on first-cum first-serve basis with keen knowledge and interest on cultural resource management will add value to them. There is no participation fee for this workshop.

Last Date for Registration: 08 November, 2015.