Shillong, Might 17: The U Kiang Nongbah Visitor Home (Previous Visitor Home) at North Jap Hill College (NEHU), Shillong, remodeled right into a mini galaxy of educational luminaries as academicians, students and specialists from throughout the northeastern area and different components of India descended on the college campus for scholarly discourse and mental fervor because the two-day ICSSR-sponsored nationwide convention on “Indigenous Data, Tradition, and Media in North East India” kicked off on thursday.
The inaugural session commenced with a heat welcome tackle by Prof. Manash P Goswami, the Head of the Division of Journalism and Mass Communication at NEHU, adopted by the SEMIS Dean’s tackle by Prof. Moses M. Naga. Prof. Naga highlighted the relevance of the convention theme, emphasizing the significance of documenting and legally defending indigenous data within the face of industrialization’s encroachment on conventional knowledge.
Delivering the keynote tackle, Prof. Streamlet Dkhar, Head of the Khasi division, NEHU, underscored the multifaceted nature of indigenous data, notably emphasizing the essential function of mom languages within the cultural cloth of the north-eastern area. Prof. Dkhar emphasised the necessity to doc and archive indigenous data, advocating for media’s pivotal function in preserving and selling indigenous knowledge by numerous types of storytelling, mentorship, and data change.
“Even the world has suggested to doc the Indigenous data and likewise archive them. Media performs a significant function in selling Indigenous data and likewise entertain and educate folks, bridging the hole between modernity and custom,” she stated. She additional confused that Media can play a significant function in preserving the Indigenous data by visible narratives and artwork. She prompt to preserve and protect the Indigenous data by data change, by media, storytelling, mentorship, amongst different methods.
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Famous writer and former Director of Centre for Northeast Research and Coverage Analysis, Prof. Sanjoy Hazarika, who was current on the inaugural of convention because the Visitor of Honour, highlighted the wealthy custom of passing down data by generations and confused the significance of oral historical past in preserving indigenous data. He lamented the modern journalistic deal with every day occasions, urging for a extra profound engagement with indigenous data and its dissemination to the broader public.
Appearing Vice-Chancellor of NEHU, Prof. Nirmalendu Saha, emphasised the function of media in disseminating indigenous data and referred to as for its correct documentation, particularly within the scientific area.
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The session culminated with the discharge of a seminal guide titled “Indigenous Data, Tradition, and Media in North East India,” edited by Prof. Manash P Goswami, Kamaljit Chirom, Barath N., and Karen L Donoghue. The guide guarantees to be a big contribution to the discourse on indigenous data preservation and dissemination within the area.
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