DC The river and the revered

Title: DC The river and the revered: Tracing the impermanence of the land, the people and the embroidered

Abstract: The paper aims to ascertain the connection between the intensely embroidered expressions of Shershabadi women and their environmental landscape in the Indo-Gangetic plain, tracing the impermanence of their cultural footprint due to geopolitical crisis induced migration. We argue that the river is both the cause and causality of Shershabadi expression, deeply rooting the community to their land and shaping their aesthetics. Integrating migration mapping with culturally inclusive research, our objective is to establish the unique evolution of this community, their culture and embroidered expressions known as “Kheta”, worthy of getting a geographic indicator status.

Author: Saumya Pande, Associate Professor, FD

Presented at: Design Culture(s) | Cumulus Roma 2020 Sapienza University of Rome