Yashendu JOSHI

Doctorant de l’école doctorale : Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS), Bengaluru, Inde | Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Inde

Dirigée par le Dr. Anindya « Rana » Sinha

Co-dirigée par Krithi Karanth et Romain Simenel

Titre de la thèse : Démêler les dimensions socioculturelles complexes des relations entre l’homme et le crocodile : Modèles et transmission culturelle dans les savoirs et pratiques traditionnels en Inde.

Unraveling the Complex Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Human–Crocodile Relationships: Patterns and Cultural Transmission in Traditional Knowledge and Practices in India.

Résumé

Our intergenerational study seeks to deepen our understanding of the complex interactions and relationships between human and crocodilian communities, from both historical and geographical perspectives. Using interdisciplinary methods, we hope to gain insights into the ways in which crocodilian individuals and populations have shaped human cultures, and continue to be valued and revered uniquely in different parts of a gradually changing world. Additionally, our study will explore the participation of the crocodiles themselves in the cultural transmission, both historically and in contemporary time, of traditional human–crocodilian lifeworlds. We will also specifically examine the depiction of crocodiles in regional art and literature, and their incorporation into religious practices of the local human communities, and study how these representations continue to shape the ways in which crocodilians are perceived and valued today.