Puppeteers Anurupa Roy and Ranjana Pandey discuss the landscape of Indian puppetry with Sumana Chandrashekhar, Programme Lead at IFA. They explore their IFA-supported projects from 2014 to 2015 that aimed to develop puppetry scholarship in India through workshops with traditional and contemporary puppet masters. The episode traces their personal journey in the realm of puppetry, reflecting on the need for strengthening puppetry pedagogy and the complexities involved in archiving a performing tradition.

UNIMA: Union Internationale de la Marionnette - International Puppetry Association’ (1929)—Paul Jeanne

UNIMA India Foundation Course for Puppeteers

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https://theifaarchive.org/user/single_grant/274

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