Starry, starry night: An Innate knowledge of astronomy among the traditional fishers of the southwest coast of India has, for generations, helped them in their fishing activities

P., Robert (2009) Starry, starry night: An Innate knowledge of astronomy among the traditional fishers of the southwest coast of India has, for generations, helped them in their fishing activities. Samudra Report (53). pp. 38-40. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

Coming from a fishing family in Kerala, in the southwest coast of India, I have naturally been attached to the sea and the folklore of fishers, which is now on the brink of extinction. For the past six years, I have been collecting examples of such folklore, with the help of student friends from ‘Friends of Marine Life’, a group based in Kerala. Although labouring from kattumarams (the traditional threelog catamarams used by small-scale artisanal fishers of south India—Ed.), traditional fishers of southwest India have detailed knowledge about sea-bottom topography, and have developed techniques to accurately return to fishing reefs, again and again.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0691
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, India, Kerala, Traditional Knowledge, Fishing Communities, Navigation, Traditional Pratcices, Tides
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2021 10:17
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2022 20:05
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1410

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