Applied Anthropology, Art and Economy: investigating and planning cultural economy initiatives among South Asian tribal communities
Keywords:
art, creative economy, IndiaAbstract
This paper examines two cases of anthropological work among two tribal communities in eastern India in which cooperative work between an anthropologist and an artist was aimed at preserving and enhancing local visual and performing arts traditions, encouraging art work as an imagination-building exercise, and stimulating art and craft production as a means of creating an economic base for rural women. Research and sensitivity towards social structure, religion and traditional symbolism, the local political arrangements and distribution of power, gender, and the existing economy were necessary ingredients in proposing new initiatives which while they had the potential to increase incomes could also be disruptive of social relationships.References
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