Course Overview
Culture and Society. Design and Social Concern. Urban/Rural context/needs/problems. Social Structure and Identity. The Community, the Family and the Individual. What is ‘Indian’ and how it has been defined over time. Gandhian thoughts, Khadi, Rabindranath Tagores thoughts- Shilpa Sadan, Aurobindo and Mothers thoughts in auroville. Calendrical events: festivals, rituals, rites of passage. Design in everyday objects. Cultural artifacts, ritualistic artifacts, myths and legends. Observation and immersion. Interacting with strangers, self-reflexivity. Drawing as method of interaction, rapport-buildin.
| Total Credits | 4.0 |
| Type | Theory |
| Lecture | 2.0 |
| Half Semester | N |
| Text Reference | – Papanek, Victor; Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change: Academy Chicago Publishers; 1985, 2 Revised edition ISBN-10: 0897331532 ISBN-13: 978-0897331531 – Whitely, Nigel; Design for Society Publisher: Reaktion Books, 1997, ISBN-10: 0948462655 ISBN-13: 978-0948462658 – Jain, Jyotindra; India`s Popular Culture: Iconic Spaces and Fluid Images: Marg Publications, 2008, ISBN-10: 8185026815 ISBN-13: 978-8185026817 – Basham, A.L; The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent Before the Coming of the Muslims: Taplinger Pub Co., 1968, ISBN-10: 0800884507 ISBN-13: 978-0800884505 – Sparke, P; Introduction to Design and Culture in the 20th Century, Routledge, 1986- Srinivas, M N; The Remembered Village: University of California Press, 1980- Kosambi, D D; The Culture and Civilization of Ancient India in Historical Outline, UBS Pubishers, 2007- O’reilly, Karen; Ethnographic Methods: Routledge 2008 |
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Prof. Raja Mohanty
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