Nothing is Authentic
Notions of authenticity in human-nature relationships through seed cultures of wheat in an Indian context
Nothing is Authentic
06-10-2020 “Authenticity requires a certain measure of vulnerability, transparency, and integrity.”Janet Louise Stephenson In my first master’s studio, I have to look at the notion of “Authenticity”. The studio dwells upon larger questions of politics of knowledge systems, culture and traditions, complexity of relationships, developing new cultural worlds, collaboratively constructed & creatively communicated histories, idea…
Roti to Wheat
13-10-2020 “Home” is a 2009 documentary directed by French photographer, reporter and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand and produced by Luc Besson. It is the documentary which I watched as a part of my master’s class and it led to question our existence on the planet. All the life forms on earth are interconnected to each other…
Farmer – Wheat relationship
20-10-2020 For developing my line of inquiry further, I had to go through few readings that gripped my mind, I am listing here the same: Barnes, Jessica. 2016. “Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: The Social Worlds of Wheat.” Environment and Society , Vol. 7 89-106.Leverink, Joris. n.d. Seed Freedom & The Future of Farming.…
Wheat & I (A Conversation)
27-10-2020 I had a conversation with wheat in my kitchen this week, as we are moving towards concluding the first part of the studio. The wheat in my kitchen is becoming more and more spooky. One day I was tired of doing all the readings, so I decided to have a conversation with the wheat.…
Human, Wheat & Authenticity
03-11-2020 I am writing this as an overview of my entire project. Just to give an idea, I started with roti in my kitchen, which led on to wheat, changes in wheat seed because of increasing demands to questioning authenticity of wheat followed by studying farmer wheat relationship and till this point. I felt I…
Making of “Seed Exchange Lab”
10-11-2020 I have developed an idea for designing a virtual space for promoting agro-biodiversity on fields and to cater the issues around seed cultures of wheat. This space is what I imagine as a web based mobile application. But, How to design a mobile application? What are the steps to be followed? I was totally…
Crafted Blueprints 