CONGRATLUATIONS VICTOR HUGO GOMES. What perseverance and dedications ..... it is hard in our day and scientific digital age to appreciate what we owe to our ancestors. ...... 2000 kms of bund ...... put a value to it if this was done by a contracting firm. The difficulty of accepting to build on what is local is rampant among the bureaucrats of present day Tanzania ..... It will take time to change this .... I have now minimized the use of the term ITK or Indigenous Technological Knowledge, I just use the term "functional knowledge". And this applies across cultures and places: an igloo in an environment where the temperature is down to minus 15 C, or the Sans people who chew a plant that enables them to endure hunger for several days or communities around Aldona who have managed to dig wells in basaltic hillside and preserve the mangroves for centuries.
I now know yet another place to visit when I next come to Goa. Adolfo -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frederick FN Noronha * ???????? ???????? *??????? ??????? Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 3:01 PM To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! Subject: [Goanet-News] Notes from the field... Victor Hugo Gomes on agriculture in the Goa of the yesteryears http://soundcloud.com/fredericknoronha/vhg-on-tradl-agri Victor Hugo-Gomes is the guy behind the Goa Chitra, an amazing museum set up by an individual in Goa or elsewhere, for that matter. Goa Chitra documents the local "age-old wisdom passed down through generations. It is an unique collection and display of traditional farming implements and other ancient tools of trade set up against the backdrop of a traditional organic farm." It collections have now grown to more than 4000 objects on display. In this audio recording, he talks about agriculture in Goa over the yesteryears. Speaking at the Xavier Centre of Historical Research, he began by lamenting the loss of Goa's implements (and technology) of the past. He said even words used to describe these were no longer in use. At the starting of this recording, he asks the audience if they're aware how many kilometres of 'bunds' (riverine protective walls, used to reclaim low-lying land from the high tides) Goa had built over past centuries. Yes, the answer is an astounding 2,000 kms... http://soundcloud.com/fredericknoronha/vhg-on-tradl-agri Also includes excerpts from a discussion (Miguel Braganza, in the chair, and others) -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 [email protected] Saligao Goa IN http://fn.goa-india.org Skype: fredericknoronha Goa,1556 books now available via Flipkart: http://bit.ly/rqah4t Easy to order anywhere in India, pay cash-on-delivery. _________________ University Computing Centre - 'Professionalism, Customer Care and Technological foresight'
