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The Universe of Knowledge 2022
In the framework of the Ranganathan Project, the Indological Society «Luigi Pio Tessitori» organised a meeting in Udine on 21 October 2022 to honor Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan on the fiftieth anniversary of his death. The working title of the meeting was The Universe of Knowledge: Celebrating Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1892-1972) on the 50th anniversary of his death.
The meeting’s purpose was to explore cultural and philosophical roots of Ranganathan’s work in order to provide new insights on his epistemological outlook. The meeting also aimed to investigate how the Ranganathan approach to knowledge organisation is still impacting digital humanities broadly and library and information sciences in particular, in a world increasingly shaped by computational advances and machine learning.
Rather than attempting to paint — so to speak — any sort of overall picture, our aim has been to investigate elements and aspects that lie, in a sense, at the heart of Ranganathan’s work and still remain little known. Our objective was therefore to explore the soil in which the roots of his work grew, by investigating the educational background, cultural ties and social context that may have influenced Ranganathan’s activities as a librarian and scholar. In so doing, we sought to promote a more inclusive understanding by examining his legacy within the larger frame of digital humanities.
PROGRAM
Fausto Freschi, Società Indologica «Luigi Pio Tessitori»
Andrea Cuna, University of Udine
Indian studies and the digital humanities: An introduction
Antonio Rigopoulos, Ca’ Foscari University Venice
S. Kuppuswami Sastri and the exegetical principles of ekavākyatā and samanvaya: Their influence on the epistemology of Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan
Giuliano Boccali, Italian Association of Sanskrit Studies
S.R. Ranganathan: Reflections between epistemology, linguistic communication and aesthetics
Andrea Cuna, University of Udine
Fausto Freschi, Società Indologica «Luigi Pio Tessitori»
LPT Project: Development of a digital library for the manuscript collection and private archive of L.P. Tessitori
Marco Franceschini, University of Bologna
Giovanni Ciotti, University of Hamburg
From colophons to material analysis: A comprehensive approach to the study of palm-leaf manuscripts from Tamil Nadu
Nalini Balbir, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3
JAINpedia: An inclusive website