NCERT Class 12 Heritage Craft Production and Marketing
PRODUCTION AND MARKETING CRAFTSPEOPLE’S most important prerogative is to create objects that clients need which can be sold so that they can earn a living and support their families. While aspects of design and development of the product are dealt with in another chapter, here…
NCERT Class 12 Heritage Craft The Crafts Community Today
THE CRAFTS COMMUNITY TODAY ATTITUDES THAT COLOUR OUR PERCEPTION OF THE CRAFTSPERSON The first reason for the poor status of the crafts community lies in our understanding of crafts and the role of crafts in our society. How do people view the craftsperson: Is he an artist or…
NCERT Class 12 Heritage Craft Design and Development
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT THE twenty-first century has brought with it accelerated change in every sphere of life, dependency on machines and excessive consumption of natural resources in a manner that is no longer sustainable. In the past the crafts sector had been rejected by…
NCERT Class 12 Heritage Craft Mahatma Gandhi and Self Sufficiency
MAHATMA GANDHI AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY THE MEANING OF SWARAJ Gandhiji described this vision in many of his writings, most notably in Hind Swaraj, a treatise written in 1909 while he was aboard a ship, coming back from Britain. He wrote about the idea of a self-contained village…
NCERT Class 12 Heritage Craft Craft In The Past
CRAFTS IN THE PAST LE T us begin by understanding the myriad roles a craftsperson plays in the society as a designer, a problemsolver, a creator and as an innovator, leave alone the maker and seller of craft objects. The craftsperson therefore is not just the maker of an…
NCERT Class 12 Heritage Craft Craft In the Age of Tourism
8.CRAFT IN THE AGE OF TOURISM TOURISM, if it is managed sensitively, can be a miraculous catalyst for economic and cultural revitalisation; it not only enhances income but also establishes an identity of the country. Two Asian countries—Thailand and India—are among the top…