Revival of Crafts and Social Change: Case Study on Dholka

Smriti Saraswat ()
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Smriti Saraswat: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Chapter Chapter 11 in Technology and Innovation for Social Change, 2015, pp 175-187 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter is an attempt to study and understand how revival of crafts leads to social change, innovation being the vital pivot. Specific focus is given to the Wada community, which practices the woodturning and lacquer craft in Dholka region of Gujarat (India). This cluster represents exemplary illustration as to how innovations can revive the crafts and bring social change without losing focus on the community’s ethos, craft traditions, existing knowledge systems and empirical skills. Also, it is interesting to investigate how this community operates and meets the contemporary market needs whereas the other clusters in Gujarat that practice the same craft are on the verge of dying. The chapter is based on the deductive research methodology and case-study approach. The research concentrates on both qualitative and quantitative aspects of innovation, craft revival and social change.

Keywords: Craft revival; Woodturning and lacquer craft; Dholka (Gujarat); Community; Ethos; Knowledge systems; Empirical skills; Tools and machines; Value addition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2071-8_11

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