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Cultural artefacts, craft traditions and aesthetic practices are properties that have historically been held in common across societies and in time. It is only in recent times that notions of exclusivity and privatized ownership of these productions have become widespread. Even today, in the nature of everyday life, most rural societies and communities hold some of the most precious cultural productions in common. These may range from ways of treating illnesses, practices of managing child birth, construction of dwellings, temple building, as well as craft and art traditions that are handed down across generations.

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    • Sacred Sites and Cultural Landscapes

      Sacred groves, sacred animals and cultural landmarks like rocks, trees, etc. have been instrumental in conserving the ecological diversity and have community norms attached to them. These are frequently also the spaces for recreation and celebration. Burial and cremation grounds, as also spaces used for open defecation, are spaces of communitarian importance which need to be taken note of. All of these add to the diversity of rural landscapes. The pros and cons of such spaces and the practices associated with them may be discussed here.

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    • Traditional Knowledge, Customs and Practices

      Commonly held knowledge systems, customs and practices including oral traditions, folklores, arts and craft represent not just the past but a living culture. Bards, folk chroniclers, singers, artists, crafts persons all contribute to the making of this culture of commoning. Experiences and examples of such cultures, the practices that enable their reproduction, how they help in constituting and conserving commons, and the conditions that lead to their undermining may be discussed here.

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    • Traditional Structures

      There are a variety of archaeological sites in rural landscapes such as temples, hero stones, old boundary markers, abandoned settlement sites, and even pre-historic mounds. Many parts of India, especially the arid and semi-arid regions, are noteworthy for traditional water management structures such as tanks and irrigation structures. Discussions regarding the institutional environment in which they operate and their ecological value may be taken up here.

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