Crochet - a knowhow of cultural heritage: tradition, handcrafts, and income generation

• Autor(a) principal: Bianca Xavier Lemes
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Andréa Franco Pereira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo de conferência
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/42002
• topic: Artesanato; Comportamento; Design; Ecodesign; Interdisciplinaridade; Sustentabilidade; Desenho industrial; Artesanato; Sustentabilidade

This paper presents the development of a Master’s degree research project, which deals with the trade of crochet and the values relate to the knowhow of the artificer, focusing on the work of women crocheters from the southern regions of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Assuming the principle that the valuation of the knowhow of a community contributes to the continuance of the tradition; to the construction of identity and the affirmation of subject and culture; as well as to the valuation of the product stemming from this trade, this study seeks to investigate in what way this knowhow can add value to a group of craftswomen from the southern regions of Minas Gerais. This investigation is presented as an action research, given that the researcher, herself a crocheter, brings with her the knowhow of a group of craftswomen with whom she has established partnerships in the production and commercialization of crochet pieces. A bibliographic survey was conducted regarding this knowhow in the spheres of intangible heritage and of this group of women, focusing on the handcrafts, on the tradition, on the feminine, and on the meeting. Data collection performed in the field was conducted through semi-structured interviews directed at this group of crochet craftswomen. The partial results obtained illustrate the importance of the meetings among these women, favoring the exchange of knowledge and the continuance of the tradition, as well as the economic aspects related to income generation through the trade of these handcrafts.