We were to use a tool as a method of learning something about the people of a particular region; extracting information effectively, through indirect means, especially when language is a barrier.We took 8 iconic figures from the following fields:
-religion (hanuman)
-film (upendra, shahrukh, brad pitt, pooja ghandhi, parvathamma)
-politics (yedyurappa, manmohan sigh)
We made face cutouts of these and attached a long handle below.
Then we went to Narayanpura, and asked people to pick their favourite character and we clicked pictures of them. They could stand with the mask however they wanted- either with the mask beside their face, or on top of theirs. It would also show us their relations or connection with that personality.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF IDOLS CHOSEN BY THE VILLAGERS OF NARAYANPURA
TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE SURVEYED = 57
The clear favourite was Upendra, the local film hero. More people chose to have a picture taken with his mask on than anyone else. However, a large number of people also chose their God, Hanumanji.
Under politics, we were surprised to see that there was almost an equal number of people choosing Manmohan Singh and Yedyurappa. We had expected them to pick Yedyurappa and not Manmohan Singh. This showed that they felt connected to the central government as well as the state government. They showed high regard and respect for both.
PEOPLE’S CHOICES BASED ON DIFFERENT SECTORS OF SOCIETY
Quite surprisingly, People chose film stars much more than God! We had expected a large number of people to chose religion over film.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE SURVEYED = 57The clear favourite was Upendra, the local film hero. More people chose to have a picture taken with his mask on than anyone else. However, a large number of people also chose their God, Hanumanji.
Under politics, we were surprised to see that there was almost an equal number of people choosing Manmohan Singh and Yedyurappa. We had expected them to pick Yedyurappa and not Manmohan Singh. This showed that they felt connected to the central government as well as the state government. They showed high regard and respect for both.PEOPLE’S CHOICES BASED ON DIFFERENT SECTORS OF SOCIETY
Quite surprisingly, People chose film stars much more than God! We had expected a large number of people to chose religion over film.PEOPLE’S CHOICES WITHIN THE GIVEN FILM STARS
The people of Narayanpur we quite besotted with their local hero itself.They did not have too much exposure to the outside world and even S khan, the countries biggest film star got chosen only 5 times!
Brad Pitt, of course, was not even heard of and was chosen only once, that too because they found it funny.
In fact, many People picked up his mask, and then put it back down realizing that he is a foreigner.
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