- August 10, 2022
Ashmi shares about her independent research project!
Ashmi (M.S. Art, Culture, and Technology '23) is currently in India conducting an independent research project Oral Traditions, Public Art and Pedagogy in Rajasthan. Read about her research and day to day life below!
Can you tell us more about your research?
My research explores the revival of oral traditions in Jodhpur through interventions that sustain their educational value while reimagining the audience and context in which the oral traditions are performed. This includes a few pilot projects with school students, introducing the local recital of epics by the Kavadiya Bhats to connect it with the Hindi curriculum, and staging Kathputli performances in the public spaces to connect the stories with the context.
What have you been enjoying about your day to day work?
I greatly enjoy the chance encounters and the warmth of the people in the old city. While researching, I will strike conversations with locals and one person directs me to another and them to another and before I know it, I am sitting in their living room, drinking chai and listening to people's memories of the city.
Some more photos from Ashmi!
