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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Handicraft"”.
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Bamatel handicraft store artesanias “Bamatel”
Artesanías Bamatel” is carried out in the municipality of San Sebastián, department of San Vicente, El Salvador; this small town is known for making hammocks, tablecloths and bedspreads, that is why this place becomes the ideal and strategic location to attract our market objective. As it is known, …
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Challenges Facing Handicraft Businesses in Implementing Promotion Strategies for Their Products
… of this study was to examine challenges faced by handicraft businesses in implementing product promotion strategies. It was specifically focused on strategies, effectiveness of the strategies and the challenges in implementing the promotion strategy. Descriptive approach was adopted that enabled …
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The commercialisation of handicraft production among the Iban of Kapit division in Sarawak, Malaysia : constraints and potential
… is concerned 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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Application of bi-directional ICT channels to increase livelihoods for artisans in rural India
The handicraft industry is the second largest employer in rural India after agriculture, and has been the fastest-growing export growth sector since India's liberalization in 1991. Today, however, millions of artisans face a lack of infrastructure, stagnation and mis-alignment with a rapidly …
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Government intervention in women entrepreneurship development: opportunities and challenges for Bumiputera women entrepreneurs (BWEs) in the handicraft industry in Malaysia
… of Bumiputera women entrepreneurs in the handicraft industry in Malaysia in which Bumiputera refers to the indigenous people and the largest population group in the country. The Malaysian handicraft industry is largely made up of Bumiputera women entrepreneurs (BWEs). While very little is …
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An Investigation into the Potential of Design for Sustainability in the Handicrafts of Northern Thailand.
… potential of design for sustainability in the handicrafts of northern Thailand. It provides an in-depth understanding of the relationship between craft and design for sustainability, and examples of handicrafts and their potential links to design for sustainability, focusing especially on …
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Paper, Pottery and Prosperity: Handicrafts and Rural Development in Thailand
The focus of this thesis is on the role of handicraft production in rural development in Northern Thailand, exploring how handicrafts evolve over time in the context of a modernising economy. This links with on-going debates on community-based development theory, including those related to rural …
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A Critical analysis of the experiences of female business owners in the development and management of tourism-related micro and small handicraft businesses in an Islamic society: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
… development and management of micro and small handicraft businesses in Jordan, which is an Arab Islamic country. The study adopted a critical realism and critical theory/feminism stance with the focus being on the inter-action between structure and agency. The Structuration Theory was the main …
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Distribution channel for Moroccan artisans
The handicraft sector in Morocco represents more than 9% of the nation's GDP and employs 2.3 million people. However, despite their talent and expertise, Morocco's artisans are struggling to reach markets other than local regional or national markets. The main distribution model used so far has …
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Η ΛΑΙΚΗ ΚΕΝΤΗΤΙΚΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΜΟΡΓΟ. (ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΜΕΣΑ ΤΟΥ 19ΟΥ ΑΙ. ΕΩΣ ΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΣΟΠΟΛΕΜΟΥ)
… THE COMPLEMENT OF OTHER ACTIVITIES (HOUSEWORK, HANDICRAFT: THEY PREVENT A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND FROM IMMIGRATION, COMMERCE,NAVIGATION, SEASONAL JOBS, HIRED WORK), WHICH WERE THE MAIN SOURCES OF MONEY IN THE ISLAND. THE ISLAND'S LIFE LEVEL IS LOW. (SHORTENED)
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Knit architecture : low tech fabrication techniques in modern design : thesis
This thesis aims to bring the handicraft of knitting into the realm of architecture as a low-tech means of fabrication in a world of high-tech design. This thesis attempts to break knitting down into its most essential components and use these to build a catalog of basic forms which can be …
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UNITING THE GOLDEN BORDERS
… the three countries with Thailand contributing handicraft towers, Myanmar contributing a common marketplace and Laos contributing a fishing village. Two border checkpoints will also be proposed with one being at the Thailand and Myanmar border and the other at the Thailand and Laos border. …
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Green business model : changing our home decoration according to our MOOD
… fabrics, and working with skilled women in handicraft (loom, knitting, crocheting and patchwork) living in developing countries. During the first years, MOOD will design, produce and sell products in Chile. The strengths of MOOD relative to its competitors are associated with the exclusivity …
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Working with your hands : essays on craft occupations in India
… Evidence of Price-Setting from the Sale of Handicraft Products in Southern India. Scholars of economic sociology have shown that sellers often vary prices among different buyers for short-term monetary gains or long-term relational gains, but they have failed to consider how sellers' …
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Course in Sewing For Children
… sewing learns that sewing is not merely a useful handicraft, but an art having principles and rules which must be followed. (See more in text)
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Make a living: agriculture, industry and commerce in Eastern Hebei, 1870-1937
… county, paper making in Qian-an county and handicraft weaving in Baodi county are selected to show the importance of rural industry in the peasant economy in Eastern Hebei. This study also finds that in the modern period, either forced by survival pressure or attracted by outside …
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Work in Motion: Labour and Aesthetic Production in the Animated Film Industry
… prioritise the manual labours of animation as a handicraft. Chapter Two builds on Siegfried Kracauer’s theory of the mass ornament to contemplate masses, multitudes, and crowds for film. It decodes the mass ornament in the musical choreographies of Busby Berkeley; addresses its resonances with …
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An investigation into the use of traditional woven grass bangle techniques to design and develop contemporary jewellery
Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master's Degree of Fine Art, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2018.
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Most uncommon common men: craft, culture, and conflict in a Canadian community, 1860-1914
… because it exemplified the transformation from handicraft production to modern industry. And, finally, the seemingly cumbersome chronology, 1860-1914, was deemed necessary for it appeared important to glimpse the craft workers’ last stand against skill dilution, managerial innovation, and …
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Crafting a livelihood: local-level trade in mats and baskets in Pondoland, South Africa
This study explored the dynamics of local-level trade in plant-based mats and baskets in Khanyayo village, Eastern Cape. These dynamics include social aspects of harvesting, resource tenure and trade. It also includes institutional issues such as legislation that enhances or restricts the degree to …
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