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TY - JOUR
T1 - Design for Grassroots Production in Eastern Turkey through the Revival of Traditional Handicrafts
AU - Gumus Ciftci, Hazal
AU - Walker, Stuart
PY - 2017/7/28
Y1 - 2017/7/28
N2 - This paper presents the results of research that investigates the barriers, restrictions, opportunities, and potential of crafts in Eastern Turkey and it brings design for sustainability principles to the future development of this sector. Field trips to Eastern Turkey revealed the challenges and issues of traditional handicrafts along with potential development opportunities. However, there are some contrary views - that design should not interfere with- and potentially would distort or destroy the genuine values inherent to traditional crafts. Therefore, this paper investigates -through practice-based design research- if and how design can contribute to the development of crafts sector. Three of the existing traditional handicrafts (Oltu-stone prayer beads, harik shoes, and felt sheets) in Eastern Turkey are selected to demonstrate the promising design interventions.
AB - This paper presents the results of research that investigates the barriers, restrictions, opportunities, and potential of crafts in Eastern Turkey and it brings design for sustainability principles to the future development of this sector. Field trips to Eastern Turkey revealed the challenges and issues of traditional handicrafts along with potential development opportunities. However, there are some contrary views - that design should not interfere with- and potentially would distort or destroy the genuine values inherent to traditional crafts. Therefore, this paper investigates -through practice-based design research- if and how design can contribute to the development of crafts sector. Three of the existing traditional handicrafts (Oltu-stone prayer beads, harik shoes, and felt sheets) in Eastern Turkey are selected to demonstrate the promising design interventions.
KW - design intervention
KW - migration
KW - practice-based design research
KW - sustainability
KW - traditional handicrafts
KW - Turkey
U2 - 10.1080/14606925.2017.1352808
DO - 10.1080/14606925.2017.1352808
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85065898726
VL - 20
SP - S2991-S3004
JO - Design Journal
JF - Design Journal
SN - 1460-6925
IS - Suppl 1
ER -