Climate Change and the Creative Economy in India - Disadvantaged, Disturbed and Dislocated Indian Weavers

This book explores the dialectical relationship between the craft of weaving and the changing climate. The book discusses case studies of creative economy clusters in India. The author employs ethnographic fieldwork to share lived and embodied experiences of climate change.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Indian Weaver through History 3. Migration and the Indian Weaver 4. Women, Weaving and Climate Change 5. Loom (ing) Hierarchies in Nadia 6. Weaving Indigenous Wisdom in Kutch 7. The Kasavu Textiles of Kuthampully Handloom Village 8. Afterword

About the author

Pragya Sharma is a Doctoral Researcher in History of Design at the University of Brighton, UK.

Summary

This book explores the dialectical relationship between the craft of weaving and the changing climate. The book discusses case studies of creative economy clusters in India. The author employs ethnographic fieldwork to share lived and embodied experiences of climate change.

Product details

• Authors: Pragya Sharma
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032584324
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3258432-4
• No. of pages: 108
• Series: Routledge Focus on the Global Creative Economy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; India, The environment, Fashion & beauty industries, Regional Studies, Management & management techniques, Regional / International studies, Management and management techniques, Hospitality and service industries, Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business, HISTORY / Asia / South / General