Artisan and Handicraft Entrepreneurs : Past, Present, and Future
edited by Léo-Paul Dana, Veland Ramadani, Ramo Palalic, Aidin Salamzadeh
Part I: Traditional Self-Employed Artisans, Home-Made Goods and Markets -- Ground Loom Weaving Among Negev Bedouin Women -- Artisans in Ethiopia -- Craft Artisans in Namibia’s Okavango Tribe -- Artisan Enterprise in the Rural Economy: Drystone Walling in North Yorkshire -- Traditional Food and Self-Employed Artisans in Druze Villages -- Part II: Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Artisanal Sector -- Artisan Food Production: What Makes Food ‘Artisan’? -- Enterprise Culture in Art: Artist-Entrepreneur Graham McKean -- Arts Entrepreneurs in an Emerging Economy -- Stone Carving in India and the Need for Process Innovation -- Social Entrepreneurship Among Artisans -- Part III: Toward the Future: Social Media, Technology and Obstacles -- Social Media Use by Artisans -- Artisans and Social Media: Cases from Kosovo -- Social Media and Digital Technologies Among Pottery Makers and in the Sewing Sector -- Technology Innovation Among Handicraft Artisans in Lesotho -- Women Artisans Facing Obstacles.