Painting Stories

Lives and Legacies from an Indian Crafts Village

By: Helle Bundgaard

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Hardcover | 10 January 2022

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Painting Stories explores the accomplishments, struggles, and livelihoods of traditional artisans in Raghurajpur, a village known for its patta chitra painters. In this collection, Helle Bundgaard weaves thirty years of observations and experiences into a tapestry of stories, which together present a poignant image of the lives of Indian craft makers and their personal connections to the art they create.

These stories are situated in a rich cultural environment and steeped in social relations. Religion, family, chance, ambition, and passion all shape the lives of the painters. For them, painting is more than a livelihood or an aesthetic expression—it is a way of life.

Painting Stories is a window into a part of our world rarely seen, reminding us of both our rich diversity and shared humanity. Written with painters, students, and laypersons in mind, the book includes a discussion on the use of ethnographic storytelling and resources for those interested in ethnographic writing, as well as colour photographs that bring the stories to life.

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Painting Stories is a beautifully written book, rich in its depictions of everyday life among painters and crafters in an Indian village, conveyed through an innovative approach to narrative ethnography. Bundgaard's long-term engagement with the village informs her evocative portraits of scenes, events, and people for whom creativity is at the center of their lives.

- Deborah Reed-Danahay, University at Buffalo

Turning extensive ethnographic experience into poetic prose, Painting Stories is a powerful collection of stories. This is ethnography at its best: stories on topics such as religion, family, gender, ambition, and passion that concern us all. A skilled storyteller, Helle Bundgaard weaves local stories into her own narrative. This collection is bound to attract a wide readership.

- Helena Wulff, Stockholm University

With distinctive verve, empathy, and humor, Painting Stories portrays the changing lives of traditional Indian painters - and their Danish ethnographer - across thirty years. Helle Bundgaard beautifully illustrates the power of stories to cultivate and celebrate caring connections, and to grant subtle ethnographic insights.

- Kirin Narayan, Australian National University, author of Alive in the Writing

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