This research focuses on the factors that barriers and foster (drivers) digital innovation and entrepreneurship amongst small businesses operating in the Handicraft industry after the economic downturn. From the perspective of new Indian craft entrepreneurs, digital and innovative...

This research aimed to develop a digital platform that efficiently utilizes co-learning experiences between consumers and producers and to foster the preservation of local handicrafts in a manner that is both sustainable and economically feasible. This platform combines the co-design method with...

There are several enablers to the innovation capability in the exisiting literature, but they all are considered with equal importance. Researchers believe ranking will advance the understanding of academicians and practitioners further. Hence, we started by recognizing the enablers from the...

"The creative economy is one of the world's most dynamic sectors. Drawing upon the author's work on empowerment and sustainability, this book focuses on India's indigenous, rural, traditional handicraft-based creative and cultural industries (CCIs) and the role it can play in the country's...

This study aimed to create the ability to maintain significant content to efficiently preserve the Thai hand-woven fabrics and to avoid the extinction of related skills and information. An online platform has the potential to be used as a medium to access the cultural heritage resources. The...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to unveil the intricacies of bakat art of weaving; its origin; processes; uses; primary materials and principles used; the profile of the weavers; and its economic significations in the system of production and trade. Design/methodology/approach The study used...

This research examines Chiapaneca handicraft as a driver of sustainable local development by artisans. Chiapaneca handicraft sale contributes to the Gross Domestic Product of Chiapa. Chiapaneca handicraft includes a wide variety of products, styles, and designs which represent the art and...

Industrial food -- Hippies counter culture -- Alice Waters, Mark Frauenfelder & Stewart Brand -- Ten waves and three towns -- Twenty-four things that define the artisan -- The artisan and COVID -- Future of the artisan.

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...

"Investigating the changing forms, dynamics and trajectories of the artisan and craft sector, this timely book considers the opportunities, challenges and uncertainties associated with artisanal businesses in new economic times. Exploring how artisanal and craft products remain vibrant...

This paper examines the contribution of tribal art and handicraft productions to the socioeconomic development of Nyishi tribal people in the central part of Arunachal Pradesh. These skills which have greatly helped in shaping the social, cultural and economic landscape of the Nyishi people are...

Craft has been described as a personally meaningful orientation toward an activity – this orientation is what distinguishes craft from mere labor. This conception of craft can be traced back to the Greek poiesis , or revealing. Poiesis entails both passive and active components: passively,...