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बनाने और सोचने वालों की बैठक
a gathering of makers & reflectors
This gathering brings together makers, reflectors and educators who share a keen interest in approaches
to learning.
Reflectors are different from thinkers; they carry a lightness that comes from rich experiences.
Some questions we would like to look at ...
Is the metaphor of the factory / industry, deeply embedded in the imagination that has shaped pedagogy
at the IDC School of Design?
As India seeks to ramp up industrial manufacturing, it is imperative to equip graduates with skills and knowledge
to innovate new products and solve real world problems. However, balancing high growth rates and environmental sustainablity, is far from easy.
Emerging technologies, such as AI, generate alienating realities that appear to take humankind further away from "real world problems."
What exactly is "Green Design"? If the metaphor of the factory is embedded in the mandate of design education
what does it take for the metaphor of the garden, to coexist? Can there be forests, within the factory?
IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay
8, 9 December 2026
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What is this gathering all about?
Wish we knew the answer to this! What we do know is that we need to talk about art, craft and design education, in a more spontaneous manner than is possible in very structured conferences.
Who can partcipate?
Anyone interested in art, craft and design education. But we would like the group to be not more than 20 people - so please email us a note about yourself and why you would like to join.
What is the format for the discussions?
There are 4 sessions spread over two days - in the morning and afternoon. The first session is an open session. The second focusses on art and craft education;
the third on design and craft education; the fourth on technology and education - we deliberate on AI and its implications.
Time
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Session Plan |
Remarks |
8 Dec Morning
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Open session |
Introduction of Participants. Laying out the contours of the meet. |
8 Dec Afternoon
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Focus on Art and Craft Education |
Reading: K.G. Subramanyan: Do Hands Have a Chance?
Sensei Deepak Kannal, Sadanand Menon, Anupam Chakraborty |
9 Dec Morning
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Focus on Design and Craft Education |
Reading: Kamaladevi,
Sensei A.G. Rao, Jyotindra Jain, Geeta Narayan, Urzamma
Sushil Shukla,
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9 Dec Afternoon
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Focus on Technology and Education |
Reading: AI: Implications
Sensei Udayan Vajpeyi, Ramu Ramanathan, Sarnath Banerjee |
* Confirmations awaited
What is a possible outcome of this gathering?
Possibly nothing - no outcomes are expected. However, we shall be sharing the deliberations with all (digitally).
Evening Plans . . .
Neel Bate Sannata
A small, unhurried gathering of people who have lived interesting lives and are honest enough to admit they are still figuring out
what any of it means. Artists, craftspeople, educators, activists, filmmakers, musicians — people who have worked with their hands
and their minds and have arrived at the kind of hard-won uncertainty that only comes from having been very sure of something for a long time.
Over two evenings, we sit together in a living room arrangement with chai and the occasional glass of something stronger, and we talk — about the
work we have done, the work we have abandoned, the things we believed that turned out to be wrong, the things we still believe despite all.