Heritage, Crafting Communities and Urban Transformation

ISBN-13: 9781032376479 / Twarda / 2023 / 164 str.

Debapriya (University of Manchester) Chakrabarti

Opis

This book emphasises the need to empower marginalised communities to contribute to decision-making processes within policy realms.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Durga Puja, Kumartuli, and Kolkata

Festival, religion, culture, and politics

Colonial Calcutta’s Durga Puja

Barowari brought inclusivity

Cultural heritage, informality, and idol-crafting practice

Structure of the book

Chapter 2 Crafts and practitioners

                        Idol-crafting practice and sustainability

                        Kumbhakar caste relates to pottery

                        The caste-based potters’ para

                        Interwoven communities of practice

                        Emerging actors and shifts

Chapter 3 The spaces of production

                        The neighbourhood

                        Streetscapes, alleys, riverfront

                        The conventional workshop-residence

                        The ‘factory-shed’ workshop

Chapter 4 Seasonal adaptations and everyday negotiation

                        The preparation phase

                        Adaptation, accommodations, and negotiations

Infrastructural disrepair and hopelessness

Social cohesion, coordination, and competition

Will Kumartuli continue to thrive?

Chapter 5 Complexities

                        The redevelopment plan

                        Reaction and resistance to the KMDA plan

                        Tenure and ownership: realities

                        Informality in the heritage

Chapter 6 The emerging and diverging spaces of production

                        Kumartuli on a regular day

                        Changing spaces: repurposed workshop

                        Agency and new typologies

                        Appropriation and socio-spatial relations

                        Spatial flexibility and reparation in a Kolkata basti

Chapter 7 Kumartuli’s future?

                        Kumartuli’s present

                        Reparations and public services

                        Contributions and implications of this research

                        Recommendations

                        Personal reflections

Methodological appendix: research strategies

Glossary of Bengali words

O autorze

Debapriya Chakrabarti is a researcher in the field of urban studies at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research and teaches at the Manchester School of Architecture. She is trained as an architect and urban planner. Her research interests lie at the intersection of urban regeneration, cultural industries, and place-based development policies.