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Caring for the Pan: The Collaborative, Multi-layered and Temporal Dynamics of Agricultural Knowledge among War-Khasi Farmers
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Abstract War-Khasis, who live in Bangladesh, earn their subsistence from the production of pan (betel leaf), which is cultivated in the forest. By exploring the betel leaf cultivation practices of War-Khasi farmers, the types of knowledge they mobilise to grow betel leaf successfully, and how they acquire th... mehr
War-Khasis, who live in Bangladesh, earn their subsistence from the production of pan (betel leaf), which is cultivated in the forest. By exploring the betel leaf cultivation practices of War-Khasi farmers, the types of knowledge they mobilise to grow betel leaf successfully, and how they acquire these forms of knowledge, this ethnographic study draws attention to the collaborative, multi-layered and temporal dynamics of agricultural knowledge. Betel cultivation, far from being an independent human enterprise, is a collaborative and relational effort involving multiple species. The War-Khasi word sumar, meaning to cultivate and to take care, exemplifies the relational aspects of farming through multispecies collaboration. Although pan can grow naturally in the forest, cultivating betel necessitates the mastering and mobilisation of complex agricultural knowledge, as well as physical dexterity. Throughout the life of a farmer, such knowledge forms are in constant flux. The intergenerational transmission of agricultural knowledge, the adjustment of knowledge to the seasons and changing circumstances, the revision of knowledge as life experiences accumulate, and the transformation of the self during the effort to become a good farmer reveal movements of knowledge with different temporalities.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bangladesch; Betreuung; Landwirtschaft; ethnische Gruppe; Landwirt; Wissenstransfer
Klassifikation
Ethnologie, Kulturanthropologie, Ethnosoziologie
Wissenssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Northeast Indian borderlands; War-Khasi; pan; betel leaf; betel cultivation; agricultural knowledge; knowledge transmission
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 151-171
Zeitschriftentitel
International Quarterly for Asian Studies (IQAS), 54 (2023) 2
Heftthema
Knowledge on the Move, Part I
ISSN
2566-6878
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0