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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Craft production"”.
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Integrating digital design and fabrication and craft production
This thesis examines if methods of manual craft production can be utilised to overcome the indeterminacies of physical materials and processes that hinder Digital Design and Fabrication (DDF). Indeterminacies in physical materials and processes are considered to be errors that prevent DDF from …
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The Political Economy of Ceramic Production in Barbados: From plantation industry to craft production
… and ethnographic data regarding ceramic production in Barbados during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. The project uses multiscalar analysis, microhistory, and craft and industrial production as lenses for examining the production, distribution and use of local …
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Searching Through Debris: A Mass Analysis From The Carter Robinson Mound Site In Lee County, Virginia
… of this thesis is to identify the degree of tool production at Carter Robinson and to identify areas of tool production, in order to better understand craft production. Meyers (2011) has identified shell bead production at the site and identifying areas of tool production could help further …
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kraftLAB : reimagined courtyards for the future of Fes
… and visiting consumer. As a result, today's craft economy is largely centered around the middleman merchant, further distancing the artist from the tourist. This thesis explores spatial reimaginings of the Moroccan courtyard through a novel architectural program: the kraftLAB. Through this …
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Craft activity and settlement in early medieval Ireland in the fifth to twelfth centuries AD: chronology and society
… long-term chronological trends associated with craftworking activities—handicrafts of both high and low technological skill, and everyday practices that were embedded in social and economic structures—over the course of the early medieval period (AD 400–1200) in Ireland are summarised and …
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Challenges for artists in performing and visual arts : a critical appraisal of their impact to South African tourism industry
… their efforts. There are many reasons for this. Crafters are dependent on a sound tourists industry. The study will be looking at some of the reasons and concems then try to provide what could be some answers and solutions. Art is generally thought of as the development of performance skills and …
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Visible Tools, Invisible Crafts: An analysis of textiles tools, textile production, and textile organisation along the south coast of Iron Age Britain
Textile production was an essential element of society in prehistory, supplying people with clothing, furnishings, and utilitarian items like sails, straps, and sacking. The fragility of textiles means few examples of prehistoric fabrics survive in Britain and northwest Europe outside of some …
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Economic Strategies of Terminal Classic Households in the Northern Maya Lowlands: Multicrafting and Economic Diversification of a Mid- Elite Residential Compound at Xuenkal, Yucatan
… to evaluate the premise that control over production was necessary to guarantee economic interaction and economic intensification. New configurations of domestic and productive spaces are predicted to reflect particular activities related to multricrafting and intermittent crafting as …
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Foragers and trade at Little Muck Shelter, middle Limpopo Valley
… of exotic goods, local trade goods and craft production processes at Little Muck provide a better understanding of the shelter’s resident forager community and their participation in local trade economies throughout the first millennium AD. This is associated with a notable …
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Ceramic traditions and ceramic landscapes of the Indus Civilisation: investigating the technologies and socio-economic complexity of rural pottery production in Bronze Age northwest India.
… However, rural dynamics, including lifestyles, craft production and knowledge-scapes are often perceived as being marginal. The rural settlements that have been studied are located at varying distances from large-scale sites, each showing a range of phases of occupation chronologically spanning …
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Archaeology and archaeometallurgy in Limpopo province of South Africa: case studies of early iron age sites of Mutoti and Thomo
… the metallurgical remains to understand metal production technology. Both Mutoti and Thomo sites share several similarities, namely, they are situated near the perennial streams, the presence of metal-production sites and the predominant pottery types, consisting of short and long neck vessels …
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The commercialisation of handicraft production among the Iban of Kapit division in Sarawak, Malaysia : constraints and potential
… with Iban involvement in commercial handicraft production (CHP). Its aim has been to examine the possibilities of employment expansion through small-scale rural industrialisation in Sarawak, Malaysia and to discuss differential Iban involvement and "success" in CHIP. The pertinent …
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Disrupting the Narrative: Labor and Survivance for the Montauketts of Eastern Long Island
… for subsistence, exchange, and social reproduction that were well-established in the pre-Columbian era. While the earlier household at Indian Fields demonstrates greater continuity in indigenous foodways, craft production, and discard patterns, the later household shows evidence of a …
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The Economic Organisation of Egyptian Monasteries and their Estates, c. 400-900 AD
… produced both consumption goods and inputs for craft production, and at scales far beyond their own needs. These surplus goods were primarily disposed of in city markets across Egypt, although with some local exchange alongside this. The profits of these sales appear to have been continually …
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L'appareil de l'architecture moderne : new materials and architectural modernity in France, 1889-1934
… with prewar practices, emphasizing the role of craft production, Le Corbusier embraced the rupture brought about by the societe machinique, shifting towards the idea of industrialized construction. These positions were key to the technical and aesthetic definition of the modem house, from the …
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Re:presenting making: the integration of new technology into ceramic designer-maker practice.
… anti-industrial, towards a wider spectrum of craft production was noted. This diversity was shown in the types of production and the scale of manufacture - from one-offs to industrial manufacture. New technologies were acknowledged by critics, commentators and practitioners as facilitating …
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The Power of the Liminal: A Study of the Role of Harbours in Political Economies of the Bronze Age Aegean
… imported goods and evidence for metallurgical production and analyze the patterns in this data diachronically and at multiple geographic scales. While in specific historical circumstances the case study sites were tightly integrated into the palatial economy, they also frequently exploited …
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Crafting Connections: Unpacking Generational Linkages of Craftsmanship, and Memorialising Cultural Traditions
The focus of this thesis is the notion of craft as both a product and a practice. The research is approached with an understanding that in the context of a post-apartheid South Africa, the long-standing tradition of craft and craftsmanship stands as an important expression of the desired communal …
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Traditional Marine Management Systems in Northwest California: The Archaeology and Implications of Indigenous Stewardship Practices for Modern Marine Conservation and Restoration
… after 700 cal BP with the rise of specialized craft production of shell beads and ornaments. By contextualizing these patterns within broader socio-economic networks, this research highlights the enduring social, cultural, and ecological legacies of maritime economies. Two case studies …
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