Guidelines for Research

Guidelines for Research and Documentation

Since this kind of research had not been done previously at The House of MG, we were not given communities and vendors and tried to develop our method of research and documentation. There was a lot of information to cover so we also strategically decided how we would go about it and what areas we would cover. In the process, we, often, presented our work and ideas to Priyanka Baliyan, Abhay Mangaldas and the design team to seek their insights. As a result, we followed the design process and improved the documentation through feedback. We visited the places more than once to collect uniform information.

Ahmedabad is a world heritage city and so it is rich with communities. The House of MG also had several vendors who were part of the living heritage of the city. Due to the limited amount of time, we could document only some of these communities and vendors, so we noted down the guidelines as to how we went about the research and documentation.

Points covered in research

Vendors The vendors were chosen looking at their relation with The House of MG and also the value the product will add to the purpose of the research.

• History of the market • Present scenario of the market • History of the vendor • Relation with The House of MG • How they came in contact with The House of MG • Process of making • Raw materials and transportation • • Waste management at their shop/market • Interesting stories

Communities The walled city of Ahmedabad was divided into pols. In each of the pols, people from the same community practicing the same occupation came together to live and practice their business there. As the time passed, the pols commercialised and people moved out of the pols. The communities in which there were still a few families who lived in the pols and practiced their ancestral businesses were chosen.

• History of the community • Present scenario of the community • History of the particular family • Process of making

• Raw materials and transportation • Facilities provided • Waste management at their market • Link of the communities with their respective pols • Interesting stories

Flow of content

Vendors Communities

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