Dadar Flower Market: A Visual Ethnography Project


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Creator/Artist: Shubhangi Salinkar

Category: Communication Design

Document: Special Project

Batch: 2013-2015

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Nina Sabnani


Detailed Description

I visited Dadar Flower Market almost daily. Initially, I was a passive observer and hesitated to intervene in the flurry of activities that were taking place. But I started striking up conversations with the flower sellers bit by bit, and in their free time, they started having conversations with me. I observed it at various times in the day, noticing closely how the activities took place, like garland making, selling, wholesale supplying, clearing, stocking up, etc. I also observed the connections between the various flowers being sold and the market itself: they are intrinsically associated with the time of year, festivals, day of the week, type of buyer, etc. I also observed what was sold in addition to the flowers: leaves, garland-making supplies, and various types of leaves.