Technical Education Discourse in India: State and the Artisans,1880s–1914

Abstract

This article discusses the various strands of intervention in the discourse regarding artisanal skill formation in colonial India, especially in the pre-First World War period. It focuses on two important schools of thought, the colonial and the nationalist, trying to map the continuities and changes in these two discourses. The writings of Dawn Society Magazine, published since the late nineteenth century, are analysed, while also taking into cognizance the analysis of the artisans’ reactions vis-à-vis these policies.