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By Design: Sustaining Culture in Local Environments

Edited by Dr. Eiluned Edwards this special edition has a collection of essays that emerged from an India-UK International Partnership funded by the British Academy

The Poetics and Politics of Indian Folk and Tribal Art

Edited by Minhazz Majumdar these essays go beyond art objects by examining contexts of creation and the maker’s creativity to build a deeper understanding of the subject.

Guest Editor: Judy Frater

The essays in this issue examine educational paradigms where traditional oral learning and apprenticeships have been deepened and extended through the layering-on of formal educational for artisans.

Guest Editor: Meeta Mastani

With a focus on hand block-printed textiles the 13 essays and one video in this edition approach this vast subject from differing angles, bringing in a new perspective to an ancient craft.

Two sections form this issue. Section I: Teaching Craft Heritage in Schools : Guest Edited by Pooja Ratnakar the 7 sharply focussed essays discuss aspects of the topic. Section II: General interest views and essays for our readers

This issue includes essays that focus on a range of themes from cultural and creative industries, historiography, fashion, sustainable futures, endangered traditions and revival to notes from the field In India and from Argentina