Petals to Light...Pedagogic Possibilities with Floor Art

Geetanjali Sachdev

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My research explores rangoli and kolam floor art practices to understand their pedagogical potential for the study of plants. The research involved an analysis of a personal archive of rangoli and kolam images and a series of artistic collaborations. As indigenous art practices, rangoli and kolam have moved beyond traditional media that historically involved powdering rice plant seeds to draw dots and lines with our fingers, and decorating the ground with various flowers, leaves, and twigs. These floor art practices have expanded to incorporate alternative media such as lights, rollers, stencils, coloured beads, and stickers. The pedagogical value of rangoli and kolam floor art practices for plant study lies in the new media and materials that these indigenous ritual practices have embraced. These practices enable interpretations and contemporary adaptations within both traditional and modern contexts, and this allows learners with multi-literacies to access different kinds of knowledge about plants.

type	research exposition
keywords	floor art, rangoli, kolam, pedagogy, ritual art
date	26/05/2022
published	26/05/2022
last modified	26/05/2022
status	published
share status	private
affiliation	Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology
copyright	Geetanjali Sachdev
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/955755/1625683
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/jar.955755
published in	Journal for Artistic Research
portal issue	26. 26
external link	http://srishtimanipalinstitute.in/people/sm/geetanjali-sachdev

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name	rice & kolam drawing_Ann Rosenthal
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name	Rangoli Hands, 8 petal flower
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name	Kolam used by Ann for Oryza
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name	Leslie collecting flowers
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name	Sweden_installation in Gallery
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name	Rangeen rangoli Men doing
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name	man & boy rangeen rangoli
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name	rich mans house with flowers
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name	rickshaw
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name	KR Market
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name	topshot of girls_ flower project
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name	the flower project
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name	Carpet Kempe Gowda airport bengaluru
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name	Kolam Simple geometrical
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name	Kolam and crows_Ana Dana
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name	Kolam malleshwaram market beads
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name	girl making on sankranti
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name	kolam elaborate white paste & color
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name	kolam light anjum
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name	Kolam outside hut with woman on sankranti
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name	kolam sticker outside house
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name	school children doing rangoli
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name	Message Happy Birthday Stencils 1_Land Breeze
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name	Bead stickers
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name	Kolam simple lotus fading no shoes
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copyright	Smriti Mehra, Geetanjali Sachdev, Gabriel Harp
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name	Keep distance
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