Folk Art All Around Us : How it Keeps Bharatiya Memory and Identity Alive. By Dr. Nagaraj Paturi

A talk by Dr. Nagaraj Paturi on how folk art can live in everyday spaces, sustaining memory, identity and community wisdom. This session explores Indian folk art as a living repository of memory, identity, and community knowledge traditionally embedded within homes, rituals, festivals, and everyday objects. It examines how these art forms can be meaningfully preserved and revitalised within contemporary public environments such as streets, schools, transit spaces, and civic architecture. The discussion reflects on the role of artists, communities, designers, cultural institutions, and policy frameworks in ensuring authenticity, continuity, and ethical representation, while allowing folk traditions to evolve organically. By bringing folk art into everyday visual culture, the session considers how public spaces can become sites of cultural memory, intergenerational transmission, and sustained engagement with India’s diverse artistic heritage. Copyright with Conversations On Culture.