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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"craftspeople"”.
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Controlling Miasma: The Evidence for Cults of Greek Craftspeople from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Period (6th - 2nd c. BCE)
… religion, the specific practices undertaken by craftspeople to enhance their lives and protect their livelihood. By collecting the archaeological and iconographic evidence of workers' or industrial cult, primarily from the Archaic through the Hellenistic period, I examine beliefs, myths, …
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An intricate Web(b): American influences on professional craft in Canada 1964-1974
This thesis explores the impact of American craftspeople, organizers and ideologies on the development of professional craft in Canada during the period 1964 to 1974. Research which has identified this as a key decade in the development of infrastructures also reveals a strong reliance on American …
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SKELETAL EVIDENCE FOR ELITE CRAFT SPECIALIZATION AMONG THE TERMINAL CLASSIC MAYA OF COPÁN, HONDURAS
… burial group, it was determined that both craftspeople and non-craftspeople were buried in this location.
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Theory and craft : a case study of the Kootenay Christmas Faire
… on the theoretical interest in craft by both craftspeople and those operating within institutions of art.
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Teaching the Arts through the Appalachian Culture: a Proposal for a High-School Class.
… contact and interaction with local artists and craftspeople, and student hands-on experience in the art forms considered. Detailed unit and lesson plans are included in the following areas: Spinning and Weaving, Dyeing, Basketry, Quilting, Pottery, Woodcarving, Blacksmithing, Vernacular …
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Aesthetic complexity: practice and perception in art & design
… students and professional artists, designers and craftspeople. Visual complexity is measured in two ways: Firstly, an objective measure of complexity is based on the compression of digital image files, which provides an information-based scale of order to randomness. Secondly, psychophysical …
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The making of clothing and the making of London, 1560-1660
… the wardrobes of guildsmen, immigrant craftspeople, apprentices and maids – asking what they wore, what they thought about what they were wearing, and how they used clothing to navigate through the city during this time of rapid change. A chapter on the ‘London Look’ shows how …
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Essays on Craft and Communities
… in rural Poland. Paper 2 explores how individual craftspeople find deeper meanings in their craft, through which they enchant the otherwise daunting process of cross-generational transfer of embodied knowledge. Paper 3 problematizes the concept of geographical communities, develops a typology to …
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Women, Craft and the Post Conflict Reconstruction of Kashmir
… crafts of Kashmir from the perspective of the craftspeople. The research is based on fieldwork conducted in Srinagar, Kashmir (2003-2006). Here craftsmen’s groups were studied and a craftswomen’s organisation – Zanana Dastakari was used as a case study. Fieldwork techniques allowed the voices …
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Collaborative heritage conservation in Tajganj : investigating civic possibilities in the urban order through architectural making
… with a group of residents, NGO workers and local craftspeople to critically reinvent these familiar conservation motifs through architectural making. A portfolio of drawings presented alongside the text was made during the process to clarify and develop the views towards conservation that emerged. …
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Tailor Made in India: Jaipur's Masters of Cloth, Doctors of Clothing
… I find that tailors, as highly skilled craftspeople and the creators of desirable fashion, are rarely acknowledged and even less understood, particularly by those who depend on them.</p> <p>Based on thirteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in Jaipur, Rajasthan, this dissertation …
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A framework for training and development of construction craft skills in Nigeria.
… training and development of construction related craftspeople, however, has been general rather than specific; and the various reforms on technical, vocational education and training (TVET) have not succeeded in tackling the perennial craft skills shortage crisis in the sector. This research …
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The transmission and transformation of traditional building crafts : an apprentice-style ethnography with drystone wallers in Italy
… is transmitted, so as to analyse the way craftspeople are passing on what they know, also by taking into account the broader context in which transmission takes place with its possibilities and constraints. This question is crucially connected to the preservation of this craft today. The …
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Cheese Machines and Cellos: Technical Craftsmen and Craft Technicians
… main group, I interviewed a smaller number of craftspeople in the wider community: a fine furniture maker, a printmaker, a ceramicist and two luthiers, all of whom worked independently. This ethnography is located within a wider literature on apprenticeship, skill and education, and about what …
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The Use of Coal for Ferrous Metallurgy in Roman Britain
… medieval period and corroborated by contemporary craftspeople. The results of this thesis highlight the importance of fuel in the chaîne opératoire of metallurgy and the need for further research combining materials analysis with the study of human-environment interactions, especially in regions …
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Complex building construction projects: reducing rework through facilitation of craftspeople’s motivation in United Arab Emirates.
… and cost overruns. Rework is a major cause, with craftspeople’s behaviour vital to its occurrence. In response to this issue, this study explores reducing rework through facilitation of craftspeople’s motivation. Notably, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) construction context, quality management …
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Crafting Connections: Unpacking Generational Linkages of Craftsmanship, and Memorialising Cultural Traditions
… disadvantaged sectors of society can have craftspeople who are able to develop their skills through learning from each other. Issues and constraints on site include navigating scales from the large-scale industrial buildings to the small-scale housing and informal settlements. By drawing …
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Patterns of Identity: hand block printed and resist-dyed textiles of rural Rajasthan
… the various strategies and experiences which the craftspeople have undertaken to deal with the changes to the market for their products. Using the recent history of block printed cloth production in Rajasthan, as told by local artisans, it explores the manner in which such phenomena as …
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Pottery Production, Mortuary Practice, and Social Complexity in the Majiayao Culture, NW China (ca. 5300-4000 BP)
… painted pottery vessels were made by specialized craftspeople, the social and economic processes behind the production of these vessels have long been overlooked. Materials discussed in this dissertation include firsthand attribute and physicochemical analyses of hundreds of ceramic vessels and …