A Study on Socio-Cultural and Economic Marginalization of Artisans in Dembecha Woreda, West Gojjam Zone of Amhara Region
| dc.contributor.advisor | Megerssa, Gemechu (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alemu, Birhanie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-31T08:36:31Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T11:55:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-31T08:36:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T11:55:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Craft workers in the Dembecha woreda were/are marginalized occupational groups . . Despite their ago-old existence and importance of crafts, they were sidelined from the mainstream society in which they li ve. In addition, factors for the low status and marginalization of craft workers in the northern part of Ethiopia are less studied. Therefore, we have very little information about this group of people, especially from the change and continuity perspective. Thus, this thesis aims to contribute ethnographic information about the socio-economic condition and aspects of marginali zation in light of change and continuity. The main objective of the thesis is to investigate and describe factors for the low status of artisans and dimensions of marginalization who are settled in Dembecha woreda, West Gojjam Zone of Amhara Regional State. The thesis also tries to describe organizing principles of artisans in light of the dominant society's social setting. In addition, changes and continuities in the production and exchange system of handicrafts are discussed. In order to treat the stated problem and accomplish the objective, both primary and secondary methods of data collection were used. Participant observation and informant interview were important mechanisms to gather primary data. Avai lable written materials were also reviewed. The major finding of the thesis indicates that craft workers were exposed to social, cultural, economic, spatial and political aspects of marginalization. In addition, the field data revealed that many of the factors upheld among the dominant society for the low status of m1isans are cultural constructions under vein of social norms. However, the lives of craft workers have changed overtime. Approbation of land ownership right and expansion of modern education have positively affected the different dimensions of marginalization. Craft workers have thus achieved improved social and economic position. However, craft workers in the study area are not considered as full social persons. They are still despised through contemptuous feelings and ideological explanations. This is to say, though there is no official marginalization, art isans are sti ll remi nded as not equal with others. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/25844 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Study on Socio-Cultural | en_US |
| dc.title | A Study on Socio-Cultural and Economic Marginalization of Artisans in Dembecha Woreda, West Gojjam Zone of Amhara Region | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |