Research project

Proposal

Name: Kanika Nair

What is the theme or topic area that you are hoping to investigate in your research project?

Traditional storytelling medium – Patachitra of West Bengal

Can you identify two or more questions that the research will help you go some way towards answering?

Will be mainly studying paintings based on stories about various important issues and incidents happening around the world

- How the stories are formed?

- How the layouts of these scroll paintings are planned and executed according to varied storylines?

- Study elements and principles of design in their paintings

- Study various elements of their illustration style with its relevant significance

- Understand the relationship between the Chitrakar, storyteller and the receiver

- How various elements of storytelling such as poetry, drama, song , chant, illustration, text, forms, come together for effective communication ?

What sort of approaches will you employ to collect data for your research enquiry?

• Observe, study and interview(semi – structured) Chitrakars, storytellers and patrons
• Ethnographic photography, sketches
• Existing literature, case studies and research on the subject