The objects that we collect around us open out trajectories of connections with the world, material, functional and symbolic. These trajectories make communities, structure identities. They are directed and mediated by institutions.
The Third Year study trip was interested in discovering these institutions and identities through the artefacts that exist around us. The study concentrated on the Kohima Village in the city, which owns the land upon which the city has grown. It lies just outside the Municipal limits and has its own system of governance. Any development imagined for the city of Kohima must first be discussed with Kohima Village Council. The village itself is divided into four distinct communities called ‘Khels’. Each Khel has many clans within. The students were divided across the 4 khels. They identified objects within the homes whose trajectories they would like to follow. These objects could be historical or ritualistic artefacts, objects from the traditional crafts of Nagaland, or from the contemporary realities of the inhabitants. They then followed the different trajectories that emerged out of the object- its material history, its daily, weekly or annual usage, or its symbolic role. These vectors moved outwards through institutional sy stems at different scales, through the actors and agencies (communities) involved, and the identities, memories and desires that they represented. @kohima_krvia @lanusunep_aier (at KRVIA)
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