This volume highlights the diverse and distinctive ways of transmitting knowledge through arts and crafts, which also contribute to the recent focus on evolving alternative pedagogical tools in the formal and non-formal systems of education. The essays herein stress the need for identifying characteristic features of the numerous strategies for transmitting information, knowledge and techniques that existed in the Asian continent, not only through the written word but also through the oral, the visual and the performative mediums. They will give readers an idea of the innovative projects undertaken by educationists across Asia for sensitizing the younger generation towards their cultural heritage.
About the Author
Dr Kapila Vatsyayan is acknowledged nationally and internationally for her unstinting dedication to nurturing the arts and creating bridges of communication between the diverse cultural traditions of India. She has carried forward the legacy of the pioneers, principally Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, who gave dignity and prestige to the creativity of the traditional arts and crafts. She has taken the concerns of the inclusion of art education to international forums, specially as a member of the UNESCO Executive Board. Dr Vatsyayan has been associated with the establishment of institutions in pre-independent India and has continued to do so over half a century. In her capacity as Adviser to the Government of India, she has been responsible for the setting up of several institutions, including the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training in New Delhi, the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, and many others. Dr Vatsyayan is the author of nearly 20 books and recipient of many awards, notably the Sankaradeva Award for national integration, the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award, and the Life-time Achievement Award from the Sahitya Kala Parishad of the Government of NCT of Delhi. She is a Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi and the Lalit Kala Akademi; and former Vice-Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi
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