Knowledge and Institutions
Research and Knowledge Development
Studies, diagnostics and craft records supporting better decisions.
White Lotus Crafts undertakes research and documentation across India's handloom and handicraft sector.
Areas of work
- 01 Cluster diagnostics
- 02 Value chain studies
- 03 Market and consumer research
- 04 Product opportunity studies
- 05 Traditional knowledge documentation
- 06 Craft documentation
- 07 Artisan databases
- 08 Impact assessment
- 09 Policy research
- 10 Craft directories
- 11 Enterprise studies
Why we document
A craft losing its last three practitioners loses a technique permanently. Documentation holds the technique. Enterprise work brings back the reason to practise it. Both matter, and the second one is usually missing.
The outcome
A record that survives the practitioners, and a reason for the practice to continue.