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Artisanship in the Atticco-- a Cultural Exploration of India Through Fabric
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Open-NJ Link:
http://middlesexcc.sobeklibrary.com/AA00002814/00001
Material Information
Title:
Artisanship in the Atticco-- a Cultural Exploration of India Through Fabric
Series Title:
Immigrant Voices: New to Middlesex County
Creator:
Fallon-Reusch, Katherine ( interviewer )
Rungta, Shikha ( interviewee )
Espinoza-Wulach, Cristóbal ( advisor )
Place of Publication:
Edison, NJ
Publisher:
Middlesex College
Publication Date:
2022 December 6
Copyright Date:
2022
Language:
English
Physical Description:
Transcript in pdf, Audio in .wav, photo in .jpg
Subjects
Subjects / Keywords:
Indian Americans -- New Jersey -- Middlesex County
Immigrants -- United States
( lcsh )
Middlesex County (N.J.) -- history
Textiles -- Indian, Handmade
Local Business -- Middlesex County; Edison, New Jersey
Local Businessperson -- Middlesex County; Edison, New Jersey
Local Businesswoman -- Middlesex County; Edison, New Jersey
Artisan
Genre:
oral histories
( lcsh )
Temporal Coverage:
Fall 2022 ( - 2022 )
Spatial Coverage:
New Jersey -- Middlesex County
Notes
Summary:
Shikha Rungta and and her interviewer discuss her immigrating to the United States and then moving to Edison, New Jersey. Ms. Rungta also discusses what it's like to be a business owner, and how her textiles are created through the processes of block printing and Shibori. ( ,, )
Scope and Content:
This is a transcript and recording of an oral history interview that took place as part of the class projects for Middlesex College's History 221H class in the Fall of 2022.
Biographical:
Shikha Rungta is an immigrant from Rajasthan, India. She now has her own business, named the Atticco, which sells homemade textiles from India. She has a son and husband that she lives with in Edison, New Jersey.
Venue:
(Venue) Part I Recorded on November 1st, 2022 at the interviewee's home. Part II Recorded on December 8th, 2022 at the interviewee's home.
Record Information
Source Institution:
Middlesex College
Holding Location:
Middlesex College
Rights Management:
This item is licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License. This license allows others to download this work and share them with others as long as they mention the author and link back to the author, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.
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