CSIR-NIScPR released a 25th-anniversary issue of the Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge as its international conference on communicating traditional knowledge concluded in New Delhi on November 3.
The institute’s director, Geetha Vani Rayasam, unveiled the issue during a session reviewing the journal’s editorial development and the challenges of scholarly communication.
According to the official account of the final day, speakers discussed digitisation, wider access to research and the importance of involving communities whose knowledge is being documented.
The two-day conference included 40 oral presentations and 60 poster presentations. Its closing sessions considered how researchers, museums and educators could explain traditional practices while maintaining scientific scrutiny and ethical standards.
Maharashtra seed conservationist and Padma Shri recipient Rahibai Soma Popere also described her work conserving indigenous seeds.
Community participation and fair benefit-sharing were recurring themes in the programme. The closing discussion emphasised documentation and ethical engagement, highlighting that preserving knowledge involves both accessible records and meaningful participation by the people who hold it.
Archive illustration: library bookshelves photographed in March 2012. This is not the CSIR-NIScPR conference or the journal anniversary issue. Photo: twechy / Flickr, CC BY 2.0. Resized; display may be cropped.
