From 7-8 January 2013, the Law, Environment and Design (LED) Lab hosted presentations on projects
being offered to the design students of the Srishti School of Art, Design and
Technology for the coming semester. Around 40 students participated in the
presentations from diverse backgrounds ranging from filmmakers to textile
designers. The students will be working on two projects. One will be with the Gujjar
community in Alwar, living in the Sariska Tiger reserve. The other will be with the Maldhari camel
breeders in Kuttchh.
The students will embark on their first field visit from 27 January - 3 February where they will work with community members on a
participatory resource mapping process with the objective of presenting it as
legal evidence and as a tool for future negotiations with external stakeholders.
The students will also be looking at other outcomes from this
experience. At the presentations, some proposed making a documentary on the entire experience. Others
suggested the creation of cognitive maps to breakdown the rights and
claims over the space that they occupy. The LED Lab will commence project work on
11 January with an immersion class introducing the students to the local
context. The class will be taught by Kabir Bavikatte and Arpitha Kodiveri of
Natural Justice and Deepta Sateesh from Srishti.
More information on the
projects and the presentation can be found here.
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