FORGOTTEN PROFESSIONS, MASTERS, TECHNIQUES AND PROFESSIONAL NARRATIVES: KAYSERI-DEVELİ EXAMPLE Cover Image

UNUTULMAYA YÜZ TUTMUŞ MESLEKLER, USTALAR, TEKNİKLER VE MESLEKİ ANLATILAR: KAYSERİ-DEVELİ ÖRNEĞİ
FORGOTTEN PROFESSIONS, MASTERS, TECHNIQUES AND PROFESSIONAL NARRATIVES: KAYSERI-DEVELİ EXAMPLE

Author(s): Fatih Balcı
Subject(s): Anthropology, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Sociology
Published by: Motif Halk Oyunları Eğitim ve Öğretim Vakfı
Keywords: Traditional occupations; masters of tradition; peddler; wicker workers; tinker;

Summary/Abstract: Phenomena such as globalization and digitalization change the world order. It is inevitable that the tradition, which faces the future, will adapt to this change. Some professions based on traditional crafts have been forgotten or transformed in this change. Many of the traditional arts and professions are in danger of extinction throughout Turkey. In this article, the last masters of handicrafts such as blacksmithing, weaving, tinding, tailoring, and the last representatives of professions such as cherism ,saltism and the past, present and possible future of their profession or arts are discussed in Develi one of the major districts of Kayseri. The place of these professions and arts in Turkish culture was briefly tried to be looked at, the practices of profession and art professionals in transition from apprenticeship to mastership, the first Masters, the tricks of the profession or art were revealed in detail with the information obtained from the field. Question of the profession in the changing socio-cultural and economic conditions in different contexts or to continue in a new form by considering the proposal was made in, and professional experience and future possibilities were discussed with today's cultures of the past locations. The final status of these arts in Develi has been recorded through interviews with the last masters of the crafts common in Develi.

  • Issue Year: 13/2020
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 701-716
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Turkish
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