KICS
is a forum for conversations amongst activists and academics on issues relating to science and democracy.
Sharing Session – 32: Cultures of Innovation in Handloom Weaving
Video of Presentation: Innovation & Tradition: A Tale of Two Cities by Annapurna Mamidipudi
Annapurna Mamidipudi is doing her PhD at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Her research project conceptualizes handloom weaving as a sustainable socio-technology, as an equitable economic activity, and as embedded knowledge for sustainable societies. Annapurna is trained as an engineer in Manipal, India. She is one of the founders of Dastkar Andhra, an NGO which supports craft and handloom livelihoods through intervening in technology, marketing, design and policy.
Sharing Session - 31: Rural Development: Through the Looking Glass by Dr. Chitra Krishnan
This sharing session was a part of a broader KICS project titled
“The State and Drought: Villagers' experiences"
Report in Kannada
Video Coverage of Session:
1. How beneficiaries Experience Government schemes;
2. Collective Action & Changing Aspirations &
3. The Beneficiary Writes
Read more: #31: Rural Development: Through the Looking Glass
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