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Szydlowski, Rachael A. "Expansion of the Vietnamese Handicraft Industry: From Local to Global." Ohio : Ohio University, 2008. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1218497546.
Full textBARROS, LUIZ ANTONIO DOS SANTOS. "DESIGN AND HANDICRAFT: THE POSSIBLE CHANGES." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2006. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=9596@1.
Full textEssa pesquisa parte da premissa de que não é cabível questionar de se o designer deve ou não atuar junto ao segmento artesanal, mas sim, como deve se dar essa ação. A crescente participação do designer junto à cadeia produtiva do artesanato estabelece a presença deste profissional neste segmento e, configura um crescente campo para a atuação conjunta de designers e artesãos. Essa parceria busca através da comercialização dos produtos artesanais, a autosuficiência dos artesãos e das comunidades artesanais em nosso país. Nesta pesquisa é apontada a intermediação e a participação de designers no decorrer da trajetória de reconhecimento do artesanato na sociedade brasileira. O estudo apresenta as categorias artesanais, e suas particularidades, definindo parâmetros para a atuação dos designers neste segmento. A pesquisa apresenta diretrizes básicas para a atuação do designer, a partir do respeito e valorização das referências culturais de artesãos e comunidades. E determina que a atuação conjunta de designers e artesãos deve dispor como objetivo comum, agregar valor comercial aos produtos artesanais, otimizando seus processos de produção, comercialização, divulgação e manutenção, visando a auto-sustentabilidade do segmento artesanal.
This research departs from the assumption that is not appropriate to argue if the designer must or not to act attached to the handicraft segment but, indeed, how his action must take place. The increasing partnership of the designer attached to the productive chain of the handicraft establishes the presence of this professional in this segment and shapes a crescent field towards the joined operation of designers and craftsmen. This partnership aims, though the commercialization of the handicraft products, the self- sufficiency of the craftsmen and the handicraft communities in our country. In this research is pointed out the intermediation and the participation of designers in the process of recognition of the handicraft in the Brazilian society. The study presents the handicraft categories and their particularities, defining parameters for the performance of the designers in this segment. The research proposes basic directives for the performance of the designer, beginning with the respect and valorization of cultural references of craftsmen and communities. And, the research establishes that the joint performance of designers and craftsmen must envisage, as common objective, to aggregate commercial value to the handicraft products, maximizing their processes of production, commercialization, divulgation and maintenance, aiming to the self-sustaining handicraft segment.
Rankin, Carin. "Development by design - an example in the South African craft industry the Due-South travel guide /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10082008-094907.
Full textRYBALOWSKI, TATIANA MESSER. "DIFFERENTIATED FASHION PRODUCT MANAGEMENT: HANDICRAFT MEETS APPAREL INDUSTRY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2008. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=13059@1.
Full textApparel is one of fashion`s most expressive resources, and yet, in spite of its ever changing nature, the fashion product has not managed to achieve differentiation in a way that makes its physical attributes reveal its identity. Departing from a perception of a growing homogenization of fashion products, this study brings some insights for the development of differentiated fashion products through the use of physical attributes that reinforce a product`s identity. Among the several strategies to achieve this aim, we may emphasize the processes that promote the merging of handicraft production and apparel industry, thus yielding unique items and disrupting the pattern of excessively industrialized, repetitive and impersonal products. As a strategic tool to maintain competitive advantage through differentiation, Design Management exploits a company`s competence, knowledge and experience to continuously reinvent products and processes to achieve competitive positioning.
Barringer, Michelle L. K. "An analysis of the need for product development training in cultural craft micro-enterprise projects." Online access for everyone, 2008. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Summer2008/M_Barringer_070808.pdf.
Full textNorwood, Karen. "Propensity of West Virginia craftspeople to use electronic media for marketing their products." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2746.
Full textTitle from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 165 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-124).
Basnet, Sandhya. "Women in handicraft production of Kathmandu city in Nepal." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/231.
Full textBaugh, Carol Traylor. "To teach and to learn settlement and missionary school fireside industry programs in eastern Kentucky, 1900-1930 /." Click to access To teach and to learn (Online), 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?miami1123167119.
Full textUrdziņa-Deruma, Mara. "HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HANDICRAFT EDUCATION IN GENERAL SCHOOLS IN LATVIA." 名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科 技術・職業教育学研究室, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/12065.
Full textPritchard, J. G. "Development of handicraft teaching in Welsh schools up to 1966." Thesis, Bangor University, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.332712.
Full textRydback, Michelle, and Ruijun Chen. "Elements of Successful Social Enterprise : Unitis Handicraft Cooperative in Ljusdal Sweden." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-7621.
Full textTerry, Mary Elizabeth. "The economic and social significance of the handicraft industry in Botswana." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1999. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28824/.
Full textMakhado, Zwoitwa. "Crafting a livelihood: local-level trade in mats and baskets in Pondoland, South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2004. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
Full textTrotzig, Eva. "The origin of organized handicraft education for girls in Sweden 1880-1920." 名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科 技術・職業教育学研究室, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/12375.
Full textFabeil, Noor Fzlinda. "Entrepreneurship in rural Malaysia : an investigation of handicraft producers in Sabah Region." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8929.
Full textToops, Stanley Winfield. "The tourism and handicraft industries in Xinjiang : development and ethnicity in a minority periphery /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5658.
Full textFreiji, Ousama Musa. "Red clay : Georgia craft workshop." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24173.
Full textHorlik, Veronika. "The river : the relevance of craft disciplines in our information technology-driven society." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98932.
Full textThe thesis draws on a variety of sources from contemporary education and economic theories to craft philosophies of the past and issues relating to the current international Slow movements which urge us to enjoy the sensual, visual and tactile pleasures of life.
Bose, Roy (Datta) Mowsume. "Women in handicraft production of Sikkim : a study in aspects of their role and status." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 2008. http://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/268.
Full textBose, Roy (Datta) Mowsume. "Women in handicraft product on Sikkim: study in aspects of their role and status." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 2008. http://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/3599.
Full textKarling, Maria. "Kulturarvet i textilslöjden : En undersökning om hur textillärare i grundskolan använder sig av kulturarvet i slöjdundervisningen." Thesis, Södertörn University College, Lärarutbildningen, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-861.
Full textThe educational directive for the school subject textile handicraft (slöjd) claim, that the pupils should have knowledge of handicraft traditions from historical and present perspective. Teachers in handicraft, teaching in schools for the first nine years of a child education forwards a cultural heritage. The purpose of this essay is to find out what the teachers opinion is about what constitute the Swedish textile cultural heritage. How the teachers relate to it and how they use it, then teaching. The essay is based on a qualitative method and consists of interviews with teachers. The interviews indicate that the textile cultural heritage consists of old methods for textile handiwork. The teachers also stresses that it is important for the pupils to have knowledge of the history of methods and materials and how it is made. The knowledge of the cultural heritage gives the pupils a possibility to relate to older generations. Therefore there is a potential of combining education in handicraft with for example history, which for the pupils would give a broader perspective. Knowledge of how different methods for creating things used in everyday-life have been used and developed could also increase the understanding of how people have lived.
I kursplanen för slöjd står att slöjdämnet bland annat ska ge insikter i vardagshistoria och ge kunskaper om slöjdtraditioner från förr och nu. Slöjdlärare på grundskolan förmedlar ett kulturarv i sin undervisning. Syftet med undersökningen är att ta reda på vad lärarna anser att det svenska textila kulturarvet består av, hur textillärarna förhåller sig till det och hur de använder sig av det i sin undervisning. Undersökningen är baserad på en kvalitativ forskningsmetod och består av intervjuer med lärare. Enligt resultatet av intervjuerna består det svenska kulturarvet inom det textila området av gamla tekniker som har funnits länge. Av undersökningen framkommer att det är teknikerna i sig som lärarna räknar till kulturarvet. Lärarna poängterar även att det är viktigt att känna till en tekniks eller ett materials ursprung och hur det är tillverkat. Kännedom om kulturarvet ger eleven möjlighet att känna samhörighet med äldre generationer. Om kulturarvet förs in i slöjden i samarbete med till exempel historieämnet, ger det eleven möjlighet att se tekniken i ett större sammanhang. I och med att många tekniker användes förr för att framställa vardagliga föremål, kan slöjden även skapa förståelse för hur man levde förr.
COUTINHO, DAVISON DA SILVA. "DESIGN, MATERIAL CULTURE, HANDICRAFT AND MEMORY IN FAVELA MUSEUM OF RIO DE JANEIRO." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=28046@1.
Full textEsta dissertação propõe uma metodologia de análise da imagem em parceria com as artesãs da Rede do Museu de Favela do Rio de Janeiro (MUF) do material produzido e comercializado pela Rede. A pesquisa realiza oficinas colaborativas de criação da Exposição Mulheres Guerreiras 2013 com as artesãs do MUF realizando um diálogo com os conceitos de Memória, Cultura Material e Linguagem Pedagógica das Coisas do autor Pier Paolo Pasolini em conjunção com a metodologia do Design Participativo. Todas as etapas do processo foram construídas pelos moradores e pesquisadores envolvidos através das aulas expositivas e das oficinas práticas, nas quais é problematizada a ideia de uma identidade visual local. Os dados revelaram que a participação ativa dos moradores para construção de uma linguagem própria os transforma em potenciais multiplicadores dos fazeres locais, ressaltando os seus saberes da cultura material da comunidade envolvida.
This paper proposes an aesthetic analysis methodology in partnership with artisans of the Network of Favela Museum of Rio de Janeiro (MUF) from the material produced and marketed by the Network. The research conducts collaborative workshops to create the Exhibition Women Warriors 2013 with the artisans of MUF. This establishes a dialog with the concepts of Memory, Material Culture and Educational Language of Things by Pier Paolo Pasolini in conjunction with the methodology of Participatory Design. All process steps have been built by residents and researchers involved through the lectures and hands-on workshop in which we question the idea of a local visual identity. The data have shown that the active participation of residents for construction of a proper language turns them into potential multipliers of local activities. This emphasizes their knowledge of the material culture of the community involved.
Le, Mare Ann. "Exploring the power to change : fair trade, development and handicraft production in Bangladesh." Thesis, Durham University, 2007. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1891/.
Full textMok, Chi-yuen Derek. "Revitalization of the 'Lower Bazaar' : a new place for Chinese handicrafts /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25953163.
Full textWalker, Sue. "Resurgence this exegesis is submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Art and Design, 2008." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/372.
Full textIncludes bibliographical references. Also held in print (111 leaves : col. ill. ; 22 x 30 cm.) in the Archive at the City Campus (T 746.92 WAL)
Totten, Kelley D. 1976. "Crafting Memories in the Mantaro Valley of Peru - Performance and Visual Representation in Craftswomen's Souvenir Production." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10081.
Full textThe Mantaro Valley of Peru is known for its distinctive Andean villages whose residents specialize in a traditional craft that defines the community's identity: gourd carvers call Cochas Grande home; tapestry weavers reside in Hualhuas; and silversmiths forge traditional designs in San Jeronimo. As tourism to the region develops, travelers purchase these handicrafts as souvenirs to represent and remember a visit to Peru. John Urry suggests that tourists "gaze" on locals, causing them to reconstruct themselves in terms of the tourists' ideas of authenticity. Based on my fieldwork in the Mantaro Valley, I complicate Urry's argument by presenting a multifaceted approach analyzing the complex ways in which these women communicate their individual, familial, regional and national identities through the objects they create. I incorporate visual rhetoric and material behavior theories to suggest alternative ways-of-looking within tourism interactions that consider the relationships between the craftswomen, intermediaries and tourists.
Committee in Charge: Dr. Lisa Gilman, Folklore; Dr. Julianne Newton, Journalism and Communication; Dr. Carol Silverman, Anthropology
Dowsett, Kathleen Joan. "The Women's Art Association of Canada and its designs on Canadian handicraft, 1898-1939." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ37947.pdf.
Full textMårtensson, Mikaela. "Renaissancing Diagonally : An investigation in the handicraft of knitting and crochet with diagonal construction." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-26593.
Full textVan, Wyk Michelle Olga. "Unexplored avenues of adornment : a study of craft-related uses of the Makalani seed." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2272.
Full textVegetable ivory is the generic term used when referring to the nut of palm trees. Although their outward appearance varies depending on the variety of the palm, the nuts are all known to be hard, ivory-like in colour and lend themselves to shaping in various forms. The craft-related use of vegetable ivory in Namibia has been limited to carving in the past. The nut, known locally as Makalani seed, is the seed of the Hyphaene Petersiana palm fruit. Vegetable ivory products found globally prove that this non-timber forest product (NTFP) has greater potential than what is currently being explored by Namibian crafters. Similar nuts are found across the globe, including the South American tagua nut. The tagua nut has a pronounced role in the craft-related market place due to its popularity as a sustainable alternative to animal ivory. It has also provided many locals with employment and a stable form of income. Globally, focus has expanded to address the sustainability of the integrity of forest systems, as economic profits to be gained from timber-producing trees, no longer take sole priority. Rural households are making use of NTFPs as a source of income and often use the money generated from trading as a safety net in times of economic challenges. Developing management strategies for addressing global climate change has become an increasingly important issue influencing forest management around the globe. Participatory forest management is one of the strategies developed for addressing issues arising from global climate change. It is aimed at rural development, by involving locals living in the area, in programmes that involve domestication of indigenous fruit trees. By means of participatory action research (PAR) and co-design sessions, the study looked at expanding the scope of manufacturing techniques used when crafting the Makalani seed. The list of sustainable manufacturing practices generated from the data informed the creation of the crafter’s product. Expanding the range of manufacturing practices feeds into the potential the seed has as an income-generating product. These techniques contribute to the body of knowledge of craft in Namibia by addressing the issue of sustainability by exploring the potential of the Makalani nut as a crafting material as well as a medium of teaching various crafting skills. It also engaged the researcher in contributing towards social upliftment, while allowing crafters to engage in experimenting with new sustainable techniques used globally on similar seeds that could benefit their generating of income. By assessing data gathered in the codesign sessions, recommendations were made towards elevating the Makalani seed from its current craft level to that of a well-used NTFP craft material. The nature of participatory action research required analysing gathered data to feed into a solution for solving a local problem. The study is of a qualitative nature, and involved a case-study of one, a local crafter. Participatory action design was the framework for the research, as both researcher and crafter explored how the Makalani nut lends itself to techniques used on the tagua nut. It is through this lens that the study speaks to the practices of respect and responsibility, as well as that of sustainability within the parameters of a Namibian context
MacEachren, Elizabeth J. "Craftmaking a pedagogy for environmental awareness /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ66359.pdf.
Full textFantin, Carla. "Sistema de indicadores de sustentabilidade para o turismo: uma abordagem do artesanato de Antônio Prado - RS." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UCS, 2018. https://repositorio.ucs.br/11338/4157.
Full textThe search for sustainability has been a recurring theme in the field of tourism, due to its characteristics that generate influences in the locality in which it is developed. Therefore, the analysis of sustainability becomes a factor of significance, for the evaluation of the existing reality and for the promotion of actions, which aim at sustainable tourism. Thus, the present study aims to verify, through SISDtur, the economic, social and institutional sustainability of craftsmanship marketed in the house of Antônio Prado - RS artisan. For this, the methodology proposed by Hanai (2009), SISDTur, was used. The research is characterized as a unique case study, with descriptive nature and qualitative and quantitative approach. The data collection was done from the application of questionnaires, with closed questions about the craft and questions about the profile of the respondents. The main results showed that the commercialization of handicrafts in Antônio Prado - RS, is potentially sustainable, inferring that the activity has produced positive effects on the community involved, but, nevertheless, actions are necessary to guarantee its sustainability, since some indicators are unsustainable and partly unsustainable. In this way, it was possible to obtain the current panorama of the commercialization of handicrafts in Antônio Prado - RS, its positive and negative indicators, to assist in the construction of sustainable handicrafts in the locality.
Almeida, Ana Julia Melo. "Design e artesanato: a experiência das bordadeiras de Passira com a moda nacional." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/100/100133/tde-22112013-200350/.
Full textThis work presents a reflection about the approach between design and handicraft. To broach this relation, the research aims to study the encounter of Passira (PE) embroiders with brazilian fashion. The study exposes how these two fields are related and the repercussions of this interaction in the artisans work. Thus, analyzes how the creative and productive processes dialogue, besides understanding what is generated through that connection.
Chapados, Louise. "L'entrepreneurship en metiers d'art : le profil des artisans en métiers d'art de la Côte-Nord /." Thèse, Chicoutimi : Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1992. http://theses.uqac.ca.
Full textBRANCO, TÂNIA SANTOS CASTELLO. "THE MANAUARAS ARTISANS FROM DOWNTOWN MANAUS CITY HANDICRAFT FAIR: THE FAMILY TIME AND THE LABOR TIME." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2011. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=18902@1.
Full textThe world work points contexts of inclusion and exclusion that lead to social sibjects to pursue livelihood strategies against theimperative of capital. The bulge, the women who historically have sought greater social visibility actually fit into the contemporarylabor market, even in the informal setting. Thus the study aims tounderstand the place of the family and the scope of work of the artisans of Manaus craft fair from downtown Manaus. The methodological procedures involved the direct observation and then applyingsshowed that wo fourteen questionnaires and interviews with open and closed questions, which were performed in the craft industrywhere he works with bedding, bath and table. The survey resultsshowed that women have family support to carry out the activities and effectiveness of work, but this factor does not meannotoriously solidarity regarding the livelihood strategies of the family. It also pondered the difficulties regarding the separation of the home environment with work, which shows a confusion between t the beginning of the paper regardins the work activities of women and development of domestic action and attention to family members for the said social subject, which configures itself as the lead in a changing society.
Leopold, Stefanie Johanna. "Methods of knowledge transfer : a case study of small and medium-sized handicraft businesses in Germany." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14621.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study is divided into two major parts: a theoretical research of two knowledge transferring methods headed by a discussion on knowledge and learning, and a case study analysing the presence of mentoring within traditional apprenticeships at carpenter workshops in Germany. The two methods on knowledge transfer are mentoring and the cognitive apprenticeship model, whereas each of the models is discussed in terms of the individual characteristics present and techniques used within the relationship of the parties present. In the past, both methods have been established in modern business organisations to enhance knowledge creation, transfer and archiving though many approaches have failed due to mistakes in the basic conceptual interpretation or lack of support. The question, which underlined this research project, focused on whether positive aspects of the methods or the methods themselves have already been incorporated in the organisational culture of small to medium sized enterprises. Thus, the research explored whether knowledge transferral methods, and particularly mentoring, is apparent within the organisational structure of small to medium sized enterprises and in Germany and whether the size of the company has an influence on the presence of mentoring aspects in the businesses. With particular focus on mentoring, the research has shown that no aspects relating to mentoring have been incorporated. Even though some answers pointed to a correlation in between business size and the incorporation of aspects, no real correlation could be proven.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie is in twee hoofonderafdelings verdeel: 'n teoretiese ondersoek van twee metodes van kennisoordrag ingelei deur 'n bespreking van kennis en leer; en 'n gevalletudie wat 'n ontleding doen van die teenwoordigheid van mentorskap binne tradisionee vakleerlingskappe by skrynwerkerswerkswinkels in Duitsland. Die twee metodes van kennisoordrag is mentorskap en die kognitiewe vakleerlingskapsmodel en elk van die modelle word bespreek na aanleiding van die individuele kenmerke wat teenwoordig is en tegnieke wat gebruik word binne die verhouding van die partye wat teenwoordig is. In die verlede is beide metodes in moderne sakeorganisasies daargestel om die skep, oordrag en bewaring van kennis te verbeter, hoewel baie benaderings misluk het weens foute in die basiese konseptuele interpretasie of gebrek aan ondersteuning. Die vraag onderliggend aan beide navorsingsprojek fokus op positiewe aspekte van die metodes of die metodes self reeds geinkorporeer is in die organisasiekultuur van klein tot medium grootte ondernemings. Die navorsing het dus ondersoek of metodes van kennisoordrag, en veral mentorskap, duidelik is binne die organisasiestruktuur van klein tot medium groote ondernemings in Duitsland en of die grootte van die maatskappy 'n invloed het op die teenwoordigheid van mentorskapsaspekte in die besigheid. Met spesifieke fokus op mentorskap het die navorsing getoon dat geen aspekte van mentorskap geinkorporeer is nie. Selfs waar sommige antwoorde 'n korrelasie aangetoon het tussen die grootte van die besigheid en die inkorporering van aspekte, kon geen werklike korrolasie bewys word nie.
De, Silver Godwin, and Palash Kundu. "Handicraft Products: Identify the Factors that Affecting the Buying Decision of Customers (The Viewpoints of Swedish Shoppers)." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-83351.
Full textBerma, Madeline. "The commercialisation of handicraft production among the Iban of Kapit division in Sarawak, Malaysia : constraints and potential." Thesis, University of Hull, 1996. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:4923.
Full textQuinn, Natalie. "The "Crafting" of Austen: Handicraft, Arts and Crafts, and the Reception of Austen during the Victorian Period." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2942.
Full textMedina, Veronica E. "Theorizing American girl." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4975.
Full textThe entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on October 30, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.
Marquesan, Fabio Freitas Schilling. "Terra e artesanato Mbyá-Guarani : polos da contraditória política indigenista no Rio Grande do Sul." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/86847.
Full textThe goal of this Thesis is to address the contradictions contained in the policies, and the actions that uses handicrafts as a means of survival in indigenous communities Mbyá-Guarani in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). Handicraft activities are part of social inclusion programs as a solution for generating income and preserving the identity of these communities. However, it cloaks a strategy which defers addressing the problem of the allocation and demarcation of indigenous lands. The social consensus formed around this policy weakens the struggle for land of the indigenous peoples. It is argued that incentives to engage in handicrafts serve to deflect attention from this critical issue. Nonetheless, handicrafts represent a legitimate alternative for preserving indigenous ways of operating and forms of organization that define independent patterns of social interaction. It is, therefore, an activity capable of maintaining the specific societal systems of each indigenous ethnic group. However, in opposition to this consensus, it is defended the hypothesis that this policy prevents the strengthening of a truly effective public agenda with regard to the enforcement of legislation which determines the demarcation and registration of indigenous lands. To live according to their traditional ways, indigenous communities need to have preserved natural areas. And this is not taken into account when settlements occur in small areas that are poor in natural resources. This position challenges both the indigenous policy and management research in Brazil, which have been based on doctrines that do not provide answers to these questions. The positivist philosophy, which proposed the conversion of the Indians, held as savages, into civilized citizens, integrated into society, has predominated virtually the entire history of Brazil's indigenous policy and its remnants are still present today. The systemic-structural functionalist paradigm, on the other hand, has constituted the orthodoxy of management studies in Brazil and both the questioning of its assumptions as well as the search for other organizational forms have been conducted in piecemeal fashion. Lastly, it is understood that the indigenous issue, given the weight of interests, prejudices and all the misconceptions surrounding it, has become a prime means to critically explore these organizational studies. A criticism which, in this Thesis, endeavors to lay bare the appearance that we are dealing with transformational policies, when, in fact, the underlying mechanisms of capitalist exploitation remain unchallenged. Though immersed in positive discourse about respect and valuing diversity.
Sugee, Nadia. "Increasing South Africa's contribution to global trade in craft." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6171.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study proposes to deal with the challenge of getting craft products efficiently and sustainably to the market.The objective of the study is to suggest an integrated framework for interventions led by the state to ensure that the right products reach the right markets at the right price at the right time, thus ensuring that South Africa's contribution to global trade is increased. The South African Government has recognized the importance of the craft sector from the onset of democracy and has developed a number of policies to ensure its growth and development. These policies range from the economic to cultural to social dimensions. The thesis has largely focused on the economic aspects of these policies. Key amongst these is the Customised Sector Programme (CSP) for Craft, developed by the DTI since it focuses on strategies aimed at commercialising the sector. According to the CSP, South Africa's comparative global advantage and strategic positioning lies with its very strong design and innovation skill; its strong global reputation; combined with a relatively sophisticated communication and IT industry and well established infrastructure and logistics environment. However, SA contributes just less than 1 % of global trade in craft because of a number substantive issues constraining it. These include amongst others: • a weak skills base on the manufacturing enterprise side • high and uncompetitive product prices • poor ability to capitalise on market opportunity • lack of research and development • lack of reliable national sector profile data and up-to-date market intelligence. There are many government departments and entities that currently support the craft sector. They have different objectives and approaches ranging from enterprise support and economic development to social, welfare and cultural support. These objectives and approaches have been translated into a number of programmes. These programmes essentially function as separate units and do not necessarily tie up in creating a continuum of support to ensure the development of globally competitive craft enterprises. The Cape Craft and Design Institute, established as a craft development agency, is the exception. Two case studies were undertaken to demonstrate the fact that the South African craft sector is complex, uncompetitive and unable to capitalize on market opportunities. The products are commercial, while the systems supporting them are not. These systems include internal business systems, infrastructure and logistics, language and communication, business development support etc. The case studies highlighted how these factors undermine the sector's ability to contribute to global trade. This is compounded by the fact that the vast majority of enterprises are rural in origin and the support systems do not adopt a Bottom of the Pyramid approach to development. The thesis makes a case for the integration of support and alignment of objectives of stakeholders involved in the sector. This integration is crucial to the South African craft sector's success in the global arena and is envisaged as follows: • The creation of a craft industry cluster to include both government and private sector stakeholders. • The nucleus of this cluster should be a craft development agency. • This agency should drive an economic agenda, but should adopt a holistic approach to development - the triple bottom line approach with a market driven agenda.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie verhandeling is om inligting te verskaf ter ondersteuning van 'n geintegreerde mikro-ekonomiese intervensie van die Departement van Handel en Nywerheid (DHN) wat sal bydra tot die ontwikkeling van 'n globale handwerkbedryf en 'n verhoogde bydrae tot wereldwye handel in handwerk. Die Suid-Afrikaanse regering het die belangrikheid van die handwerksektor reeds sedert die aanvang van demokrasie in Suid-Afrika erken en het 'n aantal beleide ontwikkel om groei en ontwikkeling van hierdie sektor te verseker. Hierdie beleide strek oor die ekonomiese, kulturele en sosiale spektrum. Die verhandeling fokus hoofsaaklik op die ekonomiese aspekte van hierdie beleide. Die belangrikste daarvan is die Doelvervaardigde Sektor Program (DSP) vir Handwerk, wat deur die DHN ontwikkel is, omdat dit gemik is op die kommersialisering van die sektor. Volgens die DSP is die vergelykbare globale voordeel en strategiese posisionering van Suid-Afrika gelee in sy sterk ontwerp en innoverende vaardigheid; sy goeie wereldwye reputasie; saam met 'n relatiewe gesofistikeerde kommunikasie en IT - industrie en goed gevestigde infrastruktuur en logistieke vermoe. Nietemin lewer Suid-Afrika net minder as 1 % van die wereld se handel in handwerk. Dit kan toegeskryf word aan 'n aantal beperkende faktore, waaronder die volgende genoem kan word nl.: • 'n swak vlak van vaardighede van vervaardigingsondernemings; • hoe en swak kompeterende produkpryse; • onvermoe om op markgeleenthede te reageer; • gebrek aan navorsing en ontwikkeling; en • 'n gebrek aan 'n betroubare data-profiel van die nasionale sektor en markinformasie, wat op datum is. Daar is baie regeringsdepartemente en entiteite wat tans die handwerksektor ondersteun. Laasgenoemde het verskillende doelwitte en benaderings wat strek van ondememingsondersteuning en ekonomiese ontwikkeling tot sosiale welsyn en kulturele ondersteuning. Hierdie doelwitte en benaderings het ontwikkel tot 'n aantal programme. Hierdie programme funksioneer essensieel as aparte eenhede en sluit nie noodwendig bymekaar aan om kontinuum-ondersteuning te bied wat ontwikkeling van globale handwerkondernemings verseker nie. Die Kaapse Handwerk- en Ontwerpinstituut wat as 'n handwerkontwikkelingsagentskap gevestig is, is 'n uitsondering. Twee gevallestudies is ondemeem om die feit te illustreer dat die Suid-Afrikaanse handwerksektor ingewikkeld en nie mededingend is en nie die vermoe het om op markgeleenthede te kapitaliseer nie. Die produkte is kommersieel lewensvatbaar, maar die ondersteuningsstelsels is nie. Hierdie stelsels sluit in interne sake-stelsels, infrastruktuur en logistiek, taal en kommunikasie, en sakeontwikkellingsondersteuning. Die gevallestudies werp lig op hierdie faktore, en hoe dit die sektor se vermoe om globaal mee te ding ondermyn. Dit word vererger deur die feit dat die groot meerderheid van die ondernemings landelik van aard is en dat ondersteuningsstelsels nie besigheid doen aan die onderkant van die inkome-piramiede - van onder tot bo - nie. Die verhandeling maak 'n saak uit vir die integrasie van ondersteuning en doelwitgerigtheid van alle spelers wat betrokke is by hierdie sektor. Hierdie integrasie is van die uiterste belang vir die Suid-Afrikaanse handwerksektor se sukses op die wereldarena en word as volg gevisualiseer: • Die vestiging van 'n handwerkindustriegroep wat beide regerings- en privaatsektorspelers insluit. • Die kern van hierdie groep moet 'n handwerkontwikkelingsagentskap wees. • Die agentskap moet 'n ekonomiese agenda navolg met 'n holistiese benadering tot ontwikkeling, - die drievoudige-onderstelyn benadering met 'n markgedrewe agenda.
Grönlund, Jonny. "Skiktlimning i skolslöjden : ett gestaltande examensarbete om skiktlimning i slöjdundervisningen." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Lärarhögskolan vid Umeå universitet (LH), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-53098.
Full textThe purpose of this study is to find out how laminate bending works in school and how one could integrate it even more. The purpose is also to spread awareness of this technique. This is an examinations work. I made three different items that involve the technique laminate bending. I documented them and made manuals for those so that teachers and students in school will be able to understand them. I also made four separate interviews with four different teachers from three different schools and also investigated how the products I made work in a school context. The results show that laminate bending is a technique that can be of interest to students today. It is obvious that teachers do not have much experience and knowledge about the technique. Teachers in sloyd admit the advantages of the technique even though it is not used frequently in learning processes in school. The conclusions from this study are that the technique can be used in school nowadays but it seems like it occurs in a very small extent. It is also apparent from my investigation that it is very popular among the students, once they got introduced and interested in the technique.
Lichti, Harriman Kathryn A. "An argument of images through a symbolist lens : experiences of craft in North-East Scotland." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2010. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=165148.
Full textMo, Cuiyu, and 莫翠瑜. "The Cantonese lion head: the process of making a lion head in Guangzhou." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50716293.
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Telford, N. J. M. "Making stories : an investigation of personal brand narratives in the Scottish craft microenterprise sector." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21910.
Full textDobson, John Alver. "Institutional influences on the adoption and non-adoption of information systems innovations : case evidence from the Taxco Silver Handicraft Sector." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/institutional-influences-on-the-adoption-and-nonadoption-of-information-systems-innovations-case-evidence-from-the-taxco-silver-handicraft-sector(477139ee-7985-4267-a52d-9c844dae8d22).html.
Full textTopimin, S. "Government intervention in women entrepreneurship development : opportunities and challenges for Bumiputera women entrepreneurs (BWEs) in the handicraft industry in Malaysia." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2015. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/27893/.
Full textMok, Chi-yuen Derek, and 莫智遠. "Revitalization of the 'Lower Bazaar': a new place for Chinese handicrafts." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985968.
Full textBernal, Mac Donald Fernandes. "A árvore da vida reflexões sobre o artesanato de referência cultural do território trinacional do Iguaçu." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Parana, 2015. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/2560.
Full textThe text is the result of a survey on remnants of cultural evocations of the Guarani culture in the tri-border region between Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Linked anthropology themes, sociology, philosophy and history, the text focuses on focus on some recurring images at the time of formation of the Itaipu Lake Reservoir, demonstrating the re-articulation of knowledge through the evocation of culturally significant images regionally. With the flood caused to the lake filling, the animals living in the affected region sought refuge in the trees in order to save their lives. This phenomenon, once registered, culminated in the creation of cultural reference crafts titled as "The Tree of Life", attributed to the Guarani Indians, and that served to unite references bases of fundamental beliefs and symbols of indigenous culture of this ethnic group with strong parallelism between facts and myths. In addition to the tree, the myths of the Flood, the search for Land Without Evil, among others, make up the Guarani phenomenology around the formation of the lake. Iconographic sources, written and narrated memories are used as a means of demonstrating the everyday experience of weaving the daily task of Pai-Tavytera or Kaiowa, Mbÿá and Ñandeva s Indians, all who became homeless at the time that Itaipu s International Lake was formed.
O texto resulta de uma pesquisa sobre evocações culturais de remanescentes da cultura guarani na região da tríplice fronteira entre Brasil, Paraguai e Argentina. Vinculado a temas da antropologia, sociologia, filosofia e história, o texto concentra-se em enfocar algumas imagens recorrentes no momento da formação do reservatório do lago de Itaipu, demonstrando a rearticulação de saberes mediante a evocação de imagens culturalmente significativas regionalmente. Com a inundação causada para o enchimento do lago, os animais que viviam na região afetada procuraram refugiar-se nas copas das árvores para poderem salvar suas vidas. Este fenômeno, uma vez registrado, culminou com a criação do artesanato de referência cultural intitulado como A Árvore da Vida , atribuído aos índios guarani, e que serviu para aglutinar bases referenciais de crenças e símbolos fundamentais da cultura indígena desta etnia, com forte paralelismo entre fatos e mitos. Além da árvore, os mitos do Dilúvio, a busca pela Terra sem Males, dentre outros, compõem a fenomenologia guarani em torno da formação do lago. Fontes iconográficas, memórias narradas e escritas são usadas como meio de demonstrar a experiência cotidiana de tecer o dia a dia na tarefa de sobrevivência de índios Pai-Tavytera ou Kaiowa, Mbÿá e os Ñandeva, todos os que foram desalojados no momento de formação do Lago Internacional de Itaipu.
Noronha, Raquel Gomes. "Dos quintais às prateleiras: as imagens quilombolas e a produção da louça em Itamatatiua - Alcântara - Maranhão." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2015. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=8962.
Full textThis research approaches the several meanings attributed to the production of earthenware women who live in Itamatatiua, a quilombo remnant community located in Alcântara, Maranhão. Their secular production of earthenware is analyzed in an ethnography through the category of contact zone as a privileged scope for the observation of speeches through which earthenware makers from Itamatatiua become not only Quilombo people, but also women, black, and artisans. Inhabiting a territory considered as lands of Santa Tereza, women from Itamatatiua build their narratives with respect to their perceptions of outer actors to the village, such as the tourists, researchers, design consultants who seek in their territorialities a way to access the past. The shared and perceived result is what I call Quilomboish images. These images, made of narratives, ways of acting and thinking and here also assumed as graphic images (photographs, graphic pieces and audiovisual material) reveal historical layers and hegemonic discourses that are resignified in constant interactions with tourists and researchers, including myself as a researcher and designer. The narratives of the women on the know-how of the earthenware on their imaginary about the tourists, on what the consultants seek in the Quilombo are some among other components of the Quilomboish images.