Samira Agnihotri
Biographic Data
| ID | 672524 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samira Agnihotri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samira |
| FAMILY NAME | Agnihotri |
| SIGNATURE | AGNIHOTRI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Science Bangalore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Age and Gender-Related Variation in Plant and Animal Naming Ability in the Soliga/Solega Community of Southern Karnataka, India
It is widely acknowledged that traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is an endangered part of the cultural heritage of many Indigenous communities worldwide. It has also been shown that TEK can vary within a community according to variables such as the age and gender of individuals. We combine the above concepts and use intra-community variation in the ability to name local plants and animals to identify disruptions in the transmission of TEK am…
Solega Place Names and Their Ecological Significance
Place names in the Dravidian language Solega are analyzed, along with the nature of their referents. We discuss the lexicon of landscape terms, as these figure prominently in place name formation. Solega toponyms encode much information on not only cultural practices and religious traditions, but also forest ecology, with particular focus on plant and animal species distributions. Individual trees of great cultural or utilitarian significance are…
Solega Ethno-Ornithology
Birds figure prominently in the traditional knowledge systems of many cultures by virtue of the diverse ways in which humans perceive these creatures, as religious totems, crop pests, food items, sentinels, guides and heralds, to name a few. This preliminary documentation of the traditional ornithological knowledge of the Solega people of southern India discusses the difficulties involved in obtaining a standard set of names that has the consensu…
Solega Place Names and Their Ecological Significance
Place names in the Dravidian language Solega are analyzed, along with the nature of their referents. We discuss the lexicon of landscape terms, as these figure prominently in place name formation. Solega toponyms encode much information on not only cultural practices and religious traditions, but also forest ecology, with particular focus on plant and animal species distributions. Individual trees of great cultural or utilitarian significance are…
Age and Gender-Related Variation in Plant and Animal Naming Ability in the Soliga/Solega Community of Southern Karnataka, India
It is widely acknowledged that traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is an endangered part of the cultural heritage of many Indigenous communities worldwide. It has also been shown that TEK can vary within a community according to variables such as the age and gender of individuals. We combine the above concepts and use intra-community variation in the ability to name local plants and animals to identify disruptions in the transmission of TEK am…
Solega Ethno-Ornithology
Birds figure prominently in the traditional knowledge systems of many cultures by virtue of the diverse ways in which humans perceive these creatures, as religious totems, crop pests, food items, sentinels, guides and heralds, to name a few. This preliminary documentation of the traditional ornithological knowledge of the Solega people of southern India discusses the difficulties involved in obtaining a standard set of names that has the consensu…
Solega Place Names and Their Ecological Significance
Place names in the Dravidian language Solega are analyzed, along with the nature of their referents. We discuss the lexicon of landscape terms, as these figure prominently in place name formation. Solega toponyms encode much information on not only cultural practices and religious traditions, but also forest ecology, with particular focus on plant and animal species distributions. Individual trees of great cultural or utilitarian significance are…
Age and Gender-Related Variation in Plant and Animal Naming Ability in the Soliga/Solega Community of Southern Karnataka, India
It is widely acknowledged that traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is an endangered part of the cultural heritage of many Indigenous communities worldwide. It has also been shown that TEK can vary within a community according to variables such as the age and gender of individuals. We combine the above concepts and use intra-community variation in the ability to name local plants and animals to identify disruptions in the transmission of TEK am…
Biology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Lexicon (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works)