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Theyiesinuo Keditsu: Indigenous and Tribal Society in North East India

International Big History Association's 5th global conference "Changing the World: Community, Science and Engagement with Big History, 1-4 August 2021 /Folklore as Big History/ Folklore in indigenous and tribal societies are storehouses of indigenous knowledge. Origin myths, stories about nature, flora, fauna, stories about ancestors and stories about moments in time and places all coalesce together to provide a people with their sense of place in this world, conferring identities and inculcating customs of relating to one’s community and world. Drawing on folktales from the rich canon of Naga folklore, this presentation will look at the ways folklore offers an alternative arc of Big History. The timelessness of folklore serves to inform our place in time – a time where past, present and future fold into each other. Folklore imagines the world as an interconnected community where harmony and balance are vital to survival. These ontologies direct us towards social action based on empathy and an awareness that all actions have consequences beyond the individual and even beyond the human. Colonisation and western academic discourse have relegated folklore to the realm of the creative, often going further to strip these narratives of their political stimulus, positing them as mere ‘primitive’ entertainment. This presentation proposes that folklore needs to be brought back to the sphere of the political and be reinstated as a frame of reference through which we can engage contemporary challenges. Theyiesinuo Keditsu is a feminist poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. She is co-founder of the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge & Alternative Learning and advocates the revival of Indigenous Naga textiles and women's narratives through her popular Instagram avatar: @mekhalamama. She has published two books of poetry, Sopfünuo and Wake, under the pen name T. Keditsu and has contributed to a number of anthologies and journals in her academic and literary capacities. Her poem, ‘Whore,’ was translated into Gujarati by Sitanshu Yashaschandra. Theyie has a PhD in Cultural Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Her research focuses on contemporary Naga culture, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous feminisms, and the oral and written literatures of Nagaland. She is widely sought as a motivational speaker and compére, and conducts trainings in diction, communication, performance, and creative writing. With over fifteen years of teaching, Theyie has taught at Sazolie College in Jotsoma (Nagaland) and at Hindu College and Delhi University. She is currently Assistant Professor in Kohima College, Kohima, Nagaland (India). She may be reached via [email protected].