Greru, Chamithri (2022) From mat weavers to box-makers: agency, development, and the production of heritage in Sri Lanka. Development in Practice, 32 (6). pp. 742-754. ISSN 0961-4524
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Abstract
The mediation of development agencies is a growing concern for the Global South. Further research is needed to explore the manner in which authorised notions of development cascade down to the more discrete levels of society and alter understandings of heritage. This paper presents everyday narratives of craftswomen working in an export production village, discussing how development brings significant social, cultural, material, and economic changes. Highlighting the paradox of development – that it can intensify the very marginalisation it seeks to overcome – the paper suggests the need for careful integration of heritage within development activities.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | craft, heritage, development, global hierarchy of value, marginalisation |
| Subjects: | L100 Economics L900 Others in Social studies N100 Business studies |
| Department: | Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | John Coen |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2021 12:23 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Feb 2023 03:30 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47061 |
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