UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCES

OF THE
SHELTERS OF PATTACHITRA
ARTISTS
IN RAGHURAJPUR, INDIA.

ARCH 681-600: RESEARCH SEMINAR, 2017

ROHIT KUMAR
UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCES OF THE SHELTERS
OF PATTACHITRA ARTISTS IN RAGHURAJPUR, INDIA.
-A village famed for its Pattachitra art and Gotipua dance troupes-
Heritage tourism.
-Declared as a heritage village in 2000.
-Interventions by NGO (INTACH) and state government.
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UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCES OF THE SHELTERS
OF PATTACHITRA ARTISTS IN RAGHURAJPUR, INDIA.

Colours and brushes made

of natural sources.

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 UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCES OF THE SHELTERS
OF PATTACHITRA ARTISTS IN RAGHURAJPUR, INDIA.

The habit of working in daylight and verandah as a social space. Source: author.
UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCES OF THE SHELTERS
OF PATTACHITRA ARTISTS IN RAGHURAJPUR, INDIA.

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UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCES OF THE SHELTERS
OF PATTACHITRA ARTISTS IN RAGHURAJPUR, INDIA.

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 SIGNIFICANCE
The idea of housing in a living heritage from the descendants
instead of a western perspective.
An artist village.
Morphology of the shelter- Its development and the factors
affecting the change.
The form existing for centuries.
The form in the advent of new technologies.
The form with the change in economic conditions.
The form with the interventions.
Legislative considerations to balance conservation, development
and tourism.
 Understand the Pattachitra heritage art form and how it is
METHODOLOGY influenced by the built environment.

STRATEGY: Qualitative research Literature Study

Research publications on Raghurajpur.
Study reports by Government of Odisha and INTACH.
TACTICS: Case study Events taken place through glancing dailies and
periodicals.

TOOLS/TECHNIQUES: Analyze the procedure of the state government to single out

Raghurajpur for intervention.
Interview of master artists Explore the
settlements
Understand the legislations in India guiding the actions on
such heritage.
where the Find out the actions undertaken by INTACH on Raghurajpur
heritage art form and the methodology followed.
is practiced. To find out the present day impact of the intervention.
Locate the origin
of Pattachitra at
its place of METHODOLOGY and
origin. o Analyze the built
EXPECTED OUTCOME
Finalize the environment before the
study area(s) for intervention and after
Preliminary study
research. socially, culturally,
Primary survey
economically,
Analysis
architecturally .
o Gleam the settlement profile byResult
conducting the o To analyze the
research on the village/town level. legislations in India for
o Conduct surveys on the street level and house intangible heritage and
hold level to obtain in depth information. understand the
o Understand the before situation through shortcomings.
literature study and interviews. o Propose appropriate
construction technologies.
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 THE SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS OF HERITAGE: FROM
TANGIBLE TO INTANGIBLE

from mere concern for

individual buildings and
sites to include groups of
buildings, historical areas,
towns, environments,
social factors and, lately,
intangible heritage.

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10.1080/13527250600604639
 PROBLEMATIZING TECHNOLOGIES FOR DOCUMENTING
INTANGIBLE CULTURE: SOME POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES

When indigenous people value technology as part of their efforts to insure the
vitality of their expressive practices, I advocate for as much local control and
participation in all aspects of its use as possible.

Intangible Heritage Embodied. (2009). doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0072-2

 HOUSE, FORM AND CULTURE

The different forms taken by

dwellings are a complex
phenomenon for which no single
explanation will suffice.
We focus on the monumental
while much of the built
environment is housing, and most
of this is done without the benefit
of architects.
Sometimes social values take
precedence over technological
advances.

Rapoport, A. (1969). House form and culture. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Source: Author
 HOUSE, FORM AND CULTURE

Haveli courtyard
Beijing courtyard housing

Rapoport, A. (1969). House form and culture. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Source: Author
 PRESERVING THE CULTURAL
LANDSCAPE HERITAGE
OF CHAMPANER-PAVAGADH,
GUJARAT, INDIA

While the tangible heritage of historic

architectural monuments receives institutional
protection, the sites of pilgrimagetemples and
shrines, some nearly a thousand years old and
others recently builtare kept alive through
popular participation and the support of
sectarian establishments.

Intangible Heritage Embodied. (2009). doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0072-2

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 PARTITION MEMORIES: THE
HIDDEN HEALER

Silence about what was experienced and

witnessed during the violence of the partition
was the norm for decades after 1947.
Insaniyat wore a Hindu face, a Sikh face, and
a Muslim face

Intangible Heritage Embodied. (2009). doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0072-2

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