Keep the local case visible
Pottery households and craft work
Explore pottery and other craft histories through local studies, material practices and the limits of occupational labels.
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Your reading goal
Read a local working history without turning it into a fixed identity for every household.
- 01Communities & faiths · 2 min read
Kumhar pottery communities in Punjab
A Chakwal study records changing work among Kumhar pottery households. Its village cases show different responses to difficult livelihoods and new work.
- 02Communities & faiths · 2 min read
Lohar artisans in Punjab
Art-school records, Sialkot industry, village fieldwork and an adjacent hill credit case show how Lohar identities and metalworking skills met changing opportunities and constraints.
- 03Communities & faiths · 2 min read
Tarkhan artisans in Punjab
Carpentry training, diversified hill work and Chiniot workshop fieldwork show Tarkhan histories through acquired skills, changing production and relationships between masters and apprentices.
- 04Culture · 2 min read
Multani blue pottery
At Multan’s blue-pottery institute, a 2016 programme proposed design and Kashigiri courses, materials trials and support for participating artisans.
A question to carry with you
Choose one claim from your reading. Identify its source and locator. What does that source directly establish, and what would need a second source?