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The Common Ground / CultureSeptember issue

People · places · practices

Culture is
what we make
together.

Stories, spaces and people from the life of Common Ground. A place to look more closely at the work and the knowledge behind it.

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A person arranging fabric pieces for craft work.
Cover image / MakingCommon Ground field record
01 / The field noteKnowledge & building

This issue's story

A memory,
asked to build
again.

Mariyappan, an Irula elder, learned a building technique from generations before him. The knowledge stayed with him. The story follows what happened when he was asked to use it again.

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Field note graphic showing Mariyappan and the building work.
Mariyappan and the building work / from the field record

Browse the culture

Three ways in.

People making music together. 01 / Magazine The month’s reading Four notes from the field. Forested ridges seen through trees. 02 / Spaces Dhaanyam & Mayavadi The places in the work. A person weaving palm leaves on a roof. 03 / Shoutouts Name the person. Leave the credit. The people behind the work.
Common Culture

What we carry forward is shaped by the people who made it.