Heritage, Crafting Communities and Urban Transformation : Durga Puja Festival, Kolkata (Paperback)

Lists Of FiguresList Of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgement?Chapter 1 Durga Puja, Kumartuli and KolkataFestival, religion, culture, and politicsColonial Calcutta’s Durga PujaBarowari brought inclusivityCultural heritage, informality, and idol-crafting practiceStructure of the bookChapter 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 shiftsChapter 3 The spaces of production??????????????????????? The neighbourhood??????????????????????? Streetscapes, alleys, riverfront??????????????????????? The conventional workshop-residence??????????????????????? The ‘factory-shed’ workshopChapter 4 Seasonal adaptations and everyday negotiation??????????????????????? The preparation phase??????????????????????? Adaptation, accommodations, and negotiationsInfrastructural disrepair and hopelessnessSocial cohesion, coordination, and competitionWill Kumartuli continue to thrive?Chapter 5 Complexities??????????????????????? The redevelopment plan??????????????????????? Reaction and resistance to the KMDA plan??????????????????????? Tenure and ownership: realities??????????????????????? Informality in the heritageChapter 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 bastiChapter 7 Kumartuli’s future???????????????????????? Kumartuli’s present??????????????????????? Reparations and public services??????????????????????? Contributions and implications of this research??????????????????????? Recommendations??????????????????????? Personal reflectionMethodological Appendix: Research Strategies??????????????????????? Practice Theory research method??????????????????????? FieldworkGlossary of Bengali wordsIndex