New modalities of knowledge transmission in a rural South Indian community: occupational change among the Valluvar of Tamil Nadu
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27 juillet 2009
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Occupational change Transgenerational transmission Astrology Indian astrology Indegenous knowledge Knowledge transmission Learning processes Traditional medicine practitioner Traditional medicine Siddha medicine cittaSujets proches
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Alexis Avdeeff, « New modalities of knowledge transmission in a rural South Indian community: occupational change among the Valluvar of Tamil Nadu », HAL-SHS : histoire, ID : 10670/1.hfhb2l
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This paper deals with the contemporary changes occurring in a South Indian community regarding the transmission of its traditional occupation and the related knowledge. This communication is based on the data collected during a three-year fieldwork (2006-2008) in south-east Tamil Nadu state and in the Union Territory of Puducherry.