Abstract
The name and purpose of this work was inspired by the fact C.Wright Mills (1959) described sociology as an “Intellectual Craftsmanship” . The main aim is to examine traditional craft figurations (Elias, 1939; 2000) in a historical city (Mugla), which I find appropriate to explain with workshop metaphor. Paul Thompson (1978), when he says to hear the voice of the past, underlines the importance of the bottom up historical approach, ordinary people and everyday events in the construction of a more democratic and egalitarian future. In this study, it was paid attention to the changes in both time and space to be treated in a process and holistic manner by rejecting “essentialism ” and “dualities”. In this study, it has been tried to make appropriate analyses by using the biographical narratives formed by the oral history technique. The originality of this research, based on the theoretical approach of Relational Sociology, is also here.
Highlights
Republic of Turkey, 24 July, 1923, The Treaty signed in Lausanne by Grand National Assembly representatives of Turkey, Great Britain, Italy, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Portugal, Belgium, Yugoslavia and Switzerland
If the relational sociologist was told with the terminology of Harrison White, this Mubadele /Exchange was a” turning point”
The data collected from the craftsmen interviewed in-depth interviews were analysed according to both oral history and grounded theory traditions
Summary
Before declaring October 29, 1923 Republic of Turkey, 24 July, 1923, The Treaty signed in Lausanne by Grand National Assembly representatives of Turkey , Great Britain , Italy, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Portugal, Belgium, Yugoslavia and Switzerland. Since there are no new craftsmen, it can be said that the domestic Turkish Muslim population, who was an apprentice beforehand, continued their traditional craft All these events created changes in the figuration, for example, no new houses could be built in the city because of the lack of a stone master, and the marriage was postponed for two years (Akça, 2007: 103). The main objective was to understand and demonstrate the transformation process, which was forced by both the Arasta and the craftsmen working in the mentioned inns /hans through oral history and biographies using the relational sociological analysis of Elias (1939: 2000) and Cresswell (1998).
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