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![A mental map of the Kumbh representing various socio-spatial cultures by documenting the journey of a kalpavasi. It counters the standard mapping practices of scale, code and frame.]()
![The Kumbh Mela: A pilgrimage or a spectacle? A ritual or performance? The drawings map the dual nature of the festival and the malleable socio-spatial nature of the tents.]()
![The images represent the stages in the construction of a tent and its materiality to reflect on the frugal and ephemeral nature of the Kumbh festival.]()
Repositioning the Local: Mapping Stories as Place-Making Tools at the Kumbh Mela
This dissertation uses counter-mapping to reposition the festival of Kumbh Mela from its common portrayal as a ‘temporal city’ to a potential ‘third space’. The spatial typologies of the festival are rooted in geographical and context-based practices. Recognising the complexity and diversity of the temporal city through mapping, the research develops a methodological approach towards mapping as a situated urban practice.
Mapping Spatial Cultures at the Kumbh
A mental map of the Kumbh representing various socio-spatial cultures by documenting the journey of a kalpavasi. It counters the standard mapping practices of scale, code and frame.
Mapping Tent as a Spatial Unit
The Kumbh Mela: A pilgrimage or a spectacle? A ritual or performance? The drawings map the dual nature of the festival and the malleable socio-spatial nature of the tents.
Making of a Tent at the Kumbh
The images represent the stages in the construction of a tent and its materiality to reflect on the frugal and ephemeral nature of the Kumbh festival.
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