Janal Talks: From the Past to the Present: Mapping the Continuity with Folk Art

Folk art is the art of the common people.  It’s a way of preserving and conveying the shared values of a community.  In this talk, Dr. Das will discuss the importance of folk art in understanding people’s relation to their past and their present lived experiences. She will also present the possibilities of folk art through the interdisciplinary experiment that she has been carrying out at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.