Traditional Crafts Research Articles

Role of Traditional Craft in Shaping the Historic City of Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh

Moradabad is known as the Brass City of India. The paper would cover the study of the tangible heritage of Moradabad including the understanding of the historic city and identifying the historic structures of the old city. The second one would be to study the Intangible Heritage of Moradabad focusing on identifying the traditional brass making areas. This aspect would also focus on documenting the ‘karkhanas’ where they make brass items and the traditional knowledge system involved in the craft. This study would be based on primary on-site surveys.After studying both the layers, the paper would also try and find the connection between the traditional craft and the historic city. Artisans from the major backbone of the city. The conditions in which they are working has a direct implication on their health, the paper would aim to study these issues and give design solutions/ proposals for the same.

Virtual traditional craft simulation system in mixed reality environment

Virtual traditional craft simulation system in mixed reality environment

Analysis of the Inheritance and Innovation Path of Anhui Traditional Craft "Luyang Flower Cloth" in the Context of NRM Protection

Analysis of the Inheritance and Innovation Path of Anhui Traditional Craft "Luyang Flower Cloth" in the Context of NRM Protection

Virtual traditional craft simulation system in mixed reality environment

Virtual traditional craft simulation system in mixed reality environment

Народные художественные промыслы России и «русский сувенир»

Folk arts and crafts are part of the national heritage of Russia, a recognized contribution of Russia to world culture. The preservation, revival and development of folk arts and crafts always remain a topical topic of scientific research and the practice of developing souvenir products in the modern world. The paper presents the results of research on Russian folk arts and crafts: classification models have been developed including both text and illustrative materials, taking into account the geographical location of the centers of production of traditional crafts and materials used in the production, processing techniques and decoration of products. The study comes up with the results of testing the method of structural and graphic analysis of the folk art products based on the study of historical experience and the current level of souvenir production in Russia and abroad. It involves the design project “Souvenir from Russia”, which includes a series of wooden spoons: “Cyrillic” (based on the font graphics of Cyrillic writing), “Splint” (fragmentation of splint paintings and characters), “Ivanovo calico” (based on the plot ornaments of fabrics), “Khokhloma” (fragmentation of pictorial motifs and Cyrillic fontography).

RESEARCH FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL CRAFT VILLAGES IN AN GIANG PROVINCE

An Giang is one of the provinces with many traditional craft villages that have existed for a long time and become an indispensable cultural feature of the province. In the process of economic restructuring and new rural development, traditional craft villages play a very important role in preserving culture and economic development in An Giang province. Therefore, the preservation and development of traditional craft villages is extremely important in the current context. Within the framework of the article, the author gives opinions and practical solutions to preserve and promote cultural and economic values in traditional craft villages in An Giang province

Research on the strategy of promoting the revitalization of traditional crafts by personalized design in Intangible cultural Heritage exhibition

Intangible cultural heritage is a concept closely related to the nation and the country, protecting the intangible cultural heritage has an important strategic significance for the cultural development of our country. The intangible cultural heritage is the essence of national culture, the symbol of national wisdom and the crystallization of the national spirit. Starting from case analysis, this paper summarizes the “experience” of personalized design of intangible cultural heritage exhibition and promotes it, avoids the formalization, formalization and fragmentation of intangible cultural heritage display means, and provides a new research idea for the revitalization and innovation transformation of traditional technology. Breaking through the previous theoretical research, this paper carries out a detailed study on the evolution and spatio-temporal design of the case information of intangible cultural heritage exhibition at home and abroad, and provides reference for the “strategy” of the personalized design of intangible cultural heritage exhibition to promote the revitalization of traditional crafts. Therefore, the research in this paper is realistic and practical. Therefore, the research methods pay attention to the combination of theoretical research and empirical research, the combination of comprehensive research and case study, and pay more attention to empirical research and comprehensive research.

Intellectual Property Protection and Cultural Inheritance of Folk Handicrafts

Traditional handicrafts are an important part of China's intangible cultural heritage, but today's technological products have a serious impact on traditional handicrafts, causing them to face a certain crisis of survival. At the same time, due to the lack of clear and explicit laws as a basis, more and more intellectual property infringement problems faced by traditional handicrafts have ended in settlements. Although the current legal system can protect traditional handicrafts through administrative means, it still lacks private rights protection, which is not conducive to improving the motivation of traditional handicraftsmen, and thus hinders the development and inheritance of traditional handicrafts. In the current context of protecting traditional crafts by administrative means, this paper explores the use of the intellectual property system, and then protects traditional crafts to make up for the inadequacy of administrative law in protecting traditional crafts.

Research on the Fusion Strategy of Traditional Arts and Crafts Communication and Short Video

With the development of the times, people's pursuit of art has also changed, and it is no longer limited to ordinary traditional arts and crafts, so researchers have followed the trend of the times and started to combine traditional arts and crafts with modern creative ideas. Traditional arts and crafts, as an important part of traditional arts and crafts, reflect the material production level and spiritual aesthetic characteristics in a specific era. The short video media, represented by Aauto Quicker and Tik Tok, with its vivid presentation, transforms the oral traditional handicrafts into short videos, spreads the traditional handicraft culture visually, makes the traditional handicrafts "visible" and "tangible", and reverses the social stereotype of traditional handicrafts, so that more people, especially teenagers, can re-recognize and accept traditional handicrafts. Based on this, the author takes Tiktok as the research object, and makes a specific analysis of the spread of traditional technology in Tiktok short video platform. Propose specific optimization path, including craftsmen should start from the production, dissemination and account operation of traditional craft content; The short video platform should take the initiative to activate the traditional process content and industrial vitality.

Motion Capture Benchmark of Real Industrial Tasks and Traditional Crafts for Human Movement Analysis

Human movement analysis is a key area of research in robotics, biomechanics, and data science. It encompasses tracking, posture estimation, and movement synthesis. While numerous methodologies have evolved over time, a systematic and quantitative evaluation of these approaches using verifiable ground truth data of three-dimensional human movement is still required to define the current state of the art. This paper presents seven datasets recorded using inertial-based motion capture. The datasets contain professional gestures carried out by industrial operators and skilled craftsmen performed in real conditions in-situ. The datasets were created with the intention of being used for research in human motion modeling, analysis, and generation. The protocols for data collection are described in detail, and a preliminary analysis of the collected data is provided as a benchmark. The Gesture Operational Model, a hybrid stochastic-biomechanical approach based on kinematic descriptors, is utilized to model the dynamics of the experts’ movements and create mathematical representations of their motion trajectories for analysis and quantifying their body dexterity. The models allowed accurate the generation of human professional poses and an intuitive description of how body joints cooperate and change over time through the performance of the task.

Development and Dissemination of the kkiumipsa Technique in late Chosŏn, Focusing on Copper Crafts

This paper studies the development of the kkiumipsa technique used on copper crafts, focusing on the types of the technique, materials, and the cultural consumption of the crafted items. The surviving artifacts and Intangible Cultural Heritage also provide information on the history of kkiumipsa in the Chosŏn period. kkiumipsa is a representational example that demonstrate how a traditional craft technique can be transmitted, transformed, and disseminated while reflecting contemporary social environment. This study is significant in understanding how the socio-cultural circumstances affect the way craftworks are consumed, and in appreciating the evolvement of traditional ways that are critical in transmission and improvement of craft techniques. The surviving artifacts show that two types of kkiumipsa technique were used in Chosŏn, one passed down from the Koryŏ period, and the other developed in the late Chosŏn period. The first technique, type I, was mainly employed for silver inlay items that were used by the royal family, private individuals, and Buddhist temples. As not only silver, but different materials of copper alloy such as black copper, nickel copper, and brass were considered precious, they were also used for embellishments. The type II uses heat and soldering to apply the inlay technique on narrow or thin surfaces of copper craftworks, for example, tobacco pipes, acupuncture needle cases, and columns of candlesticks. The use of the inlay technique on these items show that it was a part of the everyday life. The history of copper pipe making artisans (paektong yŏngjuk chang) and the inlay technique that they preserve, show that it was popularly used since the mid- to latenineteenth century at the latest.

Unravelling Anti-Feminism: On the Domestication of Resistance

This article provides a critique of neoliberal feminism and argues for nuanced and critical approaches to the question of what constitutes feminist resistance. It focuses on visual artist Billie Zangewa’s creative practice and positions it within the longer history of how women have made use of traditional crafts, such as quilting and embroidery, as a means of expression and as a form of resistance. It positions Zangewa’s work alongside that of some of her feminist contemporaries who have also used thread and cloth in their work to reveal how the political is woven through the fabric of everyday life. I argue that in order to understand why Zangewa’s seemingly mundane, even bourgeois practice, has been framed and taken up as a form of feminist resistance, it is necessary to read her work through a historical lens that takes colonial dispossession and the brutal history of violence in Southern Africa into account. My readings of Zangewa’s work acknowledge the significance of the artist’s affirmation of care and self-love as resistance, as much as they point to the limits of a politics that valorises (unpaid) domestic work and fails to address the structural violence of capitalism.

How Does Industrial Development of the Arctic Contribute to the Conservation of People and Improve the Quality of Life of the Peoples of the North?

The article discusses approaches to the analysis and measurement of the quality of life of the indigenous peoples of the North, taking into account the implementation of projects for the industrial development of Arctic territories. The relevance of the study is determined both by the high significance of industrial development projects in the Arctic, and the impact of such projects on the quality of life and people's conservation. The analytical base is based on the results of our own sociological research in the settlements of the Arctic zone of the country in the areas of implementation of mining projects. The subject of the study is the economic and social relations that arise between mining companies and the indigenous peoples of the North in the context of the impact of mining projects on the quality of life and people's conservation. The object of the study is the living conditions and development of traditional crafts of indigenous peoples in the zone of implementation of mining projects in the Srednekolymsky and Oleneksky districts of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The hypothesis of thestudy is to identify the relationship between the implementation of projects for the industrial development of the Arctic and improving the quality of life of the local population through the participation of mining companies in the socio-economic development of the territory. The purpose of the article is to identify and analyze the factors that affect the quality of life of the local population in the regions where projects of mining companies are being implemented. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the development of a methodological approach to the study of the quality of life in the context of the activities of mining companies based on sociological surveys of the population. The formulated recommendations on the support of the indigenous peoples of the North by mining companies can be used to implement social policy in the field of people saving and improving the quality of life of the local population.

Assessment of tourism service quality for traditional craft villages in Da Nang city, Vietnam

Assessment of tourism service quality for traditional craft villages in Da Nang city, Vietnam

Results of the Chemical Composition Analysis of Metal Mirrors of the Golden Horde Period Excavated in Mangup

The collection of metal mirrors of the Golden Horde period of the Mangup hillfort, situated in the south-western part of the Crimea, includes 19 items. The chemical composition of 17 mirrors was studied using an M1 Mistral (Bruker) X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. The measurements were carried out at three points on the front and back sides of the mirrors. Averages were calculated for each side. According to the results of the analysis, the mirrors are made of pewter bronze with additives of lead. The content of pewter in the alloy of mirrors from Mangup ranged from 10 to 38%. The share of lead was 1-17%. Analysis of dopants made it possible to distinguish three types of alloys. 11 mirrors are made of pewter-lead bronze (Cu + Sn + Pb), 4 mirrors are made of pewter-lead-antimony bronze (Cu + Sn + Pb + Sb), 1 mirror is made of tin-lead-zinc bronze (Cu + Sn + Pb + Zn). The differences between the identified types of alloys probably reflect formula variations of the “mirror” alloy composition within the unified craft tradition. The comparison of the chemical composition of the studied mirrors with the items from other regions gave the following results. The closest analogies to mirrors from Mangup were found on the territory of the Volga and Don rivers regions. Their alloy contains similar proportions of the main components. The only difference is the set of ore impurities. The results of the analysis of the chemical composition suggest the producing of Mangup mirrors in the Volga region. The morphological and stylistic similarities of mirrors from both regions can be considered as an additional argument in favor of this thesis.

Governance Strategy Juridical Rural Creative Economy Respond To Competitive Global Competition

This research is motivated because of the importance of legal protection also serves as protection for the governance of the rural economy, among others, can we review the various forms of business startups together or independent creative such as from several sectors among others include: crafts produced by businesses traditional craft "weaving" typical Bali, whether generated by an individual or collective basis. Activities of corporate governance in achieving the goal must always be done with the provisions of applicable law. In case this is not rare in the field that many business activities that have not been able to carry out the legal relationship for the corporate governance businesses without first consulting with legal teams, and business people never know when the legal relationship occurs. The lack of knowledge and understanding of the technical legal advice resulted in the governance of rural creative economy also occur in governance typical handicraft industry Endek Klungkung be difficult to develop and the potential of the craft. Methodologically, this study is the development of research in the engineering building public policy on rural economic governance creative competitive in the face of global competition. This research, that research is a digger / primary data collection tool. Research, difficulties for businesses in the countryside in conducting the governance of creative economic development, that despite constraints in the production, management, marketing, collaboration and licensing are also difficulties in connection with public knowledge of related legal actions that could be proved from the people who do not know procedures and in the management of copyright as a form of lack of legal awareness of the local community. Strategy juridical taken by the manager of the creative economy is rustic in to protect against the type of business and deliver services to consumers, the community's knowledge related to legal remedies that can be done to protect the product of the creative economy to rural areas of action flagiasi and coordinate with Disperindag related to administrative registration of copyright which are owned.

The chita, handicrafts in vegetable fibers

Objective: Identify the vegetable fibers and activities carried out in the production of basketry, in particular the chita, as the most significant craft of the community of San Miguel Tenango (SMT), in Zacatlán, Puebla. Disign/methodology/approach: A phenomenological study oriented to the artisan production of San Miguel Tenango was carried out, through documentary research, observation and interviews with artisans and key informants. The value chain approach was used to understand the process, the inputs and the actors involved in the elaboration of the chita, the main handicraft in vegetable fibers in the study site. Results: The vegetable fibers used in the elaboration of traditional crafts were identified, the "chita" was distinguished as the most significant. The links of the value chain in production were recognized, as well as the perception that artisans have about their work. Study limitations/implications: Most of the people dedicated to basketry do not recognize themselves as artisans, moreover, they are not organized or adequately account for the cost of their work. Findings/conclusions: The plant species used in the elaboration of handicrafts are easily accessible for their use; although discrimination against native (ethnic) peoples and the use of traditional materials persists. They are biodegradable, highly resistant, flexible and can be an ecological option in the face of the indiscriminate use of synthetic materials.

Wheelwrighting today: transformation and sustainability of the craft in Central Europe (an example of Czechia, Slovakia and Poland)

The study deals with the transformation and current form of wheelwrighting in three Central European countries - the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia. The introductory section informs about the research on the theme in the above territory, and using the example of the range of products, manufacturing technology and producers, it points out that traditional crafts can exist even today without maintaining their viability artificially. However, the text also takes into consideration how the craft has developed recently, and while evaluating its viability the author argues that the sustainability of wheelwrighting is affected not only by the economic purpose, but it is also its entertaining and tourist role and the nostalgia that begin to prove successful in addition to the former purely financial aspect. The original financial aspect shifts from the use of the wheelwright´s products for transport and livelihood to the modern use of tradition and heritage concept in business, especially in emphasizing the symbolic value of the products of traditional craftsmanship for both the producer and the consumer. Moreover, it is not only the vision of economic profit but also the element of remembering and evoking the past that are being pursued. Institutional protection of wheelwright's trade is equally important for the existence and sustainability of the craft.

Digital Imperfection

Digital Imperfection was a temporary installation at the German University in Cairo (GUC) that combined the use of mixed-reality tools and earth as a sustainable and multifaceted material. The project involved two separate processes that came together during the final montage procedure: on the one hand, the design of handmade earth bricks, and on the other, the design of a parametric wall and the coding of the montage procedure on the mixed-reality platform.
 The project aimed to reconnect both students and a wider audience with a traditional craft through the use of modern digital tools. Hand-crafted bricks were stacked to create a wall with the help of a HoloLens device, which overlaid a digital four-dimensional model over the physical world. Despite the mediation of digital apparatus, the aim was to engage participants in a comprehensive workflow that involved aspects of both handmade production and interactive assembly, rather than promoting a mere robotic process. During the research phase, we investigated the relationship between high-tech and low-tech tools through the following questions:
 • How can we incorporate digital technology without losing human interaction?
 • How can we measure and account for manufacturing imperfections?
 • How can we minimise those imperfections within the design and its montage?
 • What benefits and opportunities are offered by the combination of low- and high-tech techniques? 
 The process accounted for various imperfections and height irregularities (resulting, for example, from differences in mortar thickness or manufacturing), sustaining a constant loop with real-time feedback: the physical model was updated with new bricks while the digital model was updated with height corrections.
 The research offers multiple benefits. Firstly, it introduces students (and a broader academic public) to the use of sustainable materials in combination with parametric design. Secondly, it produces a digitally-designed installation (of relative complexity) without the need for printed documentation. Finally, it demonstrates a resource-saving method in which both building procedure and instructions are entirely virtual, eliminating the need for framework or printed plans.
 Digital Imperfection puts humans at the centre of the digital assembly process; humans are not replaced by robots or algorithms but instead collaborate with them in ways that maximise the advantages they offer.

Solutions to Improve the Quality of Tourism Activities for Some Trade Villages Rural Rural District Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City

The tourism industry contributes a significant portion of the gross national economic product in many countries. Especially, for Vietnam, the tourism industry is now considered as one of the three key economic sectors; focused on investment; constantly developing and making positive contributions to the national economy. Tourism development promotes economic sectors that support development such as transportation; post and Telecommunication; insurance; Financial services; accommodation and food services. The developed tourism industry also brings a large commodity consumption market; thereby promoting rapid growth of gross national economic product. Craft village tourism in Ho Chi Minh City, especially traditional craft villages in suburban rural areas such as Can Gio district, has become a new trend of the world. The article focuses on clarifying tourism activities for a number of rural craft villages and proposes some solutions to improve the quality of tourism activities in Can Gio district, Ho Chi Minh City.