Transformations of Wood in Costa Rican Artisan Traditions

 

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Forfatter: Chang Vargas, Giselle
Format: artículo original
Fecha de Publicación:2008
Beskrivelse:Costa Rica is known for its biodiversity, evident in thevariety of tropical woods available for elaboration into a widerange of objects. These include masks, bows and arrows,sculptures, troughs, furniture, yokes, wheels and oxcarts.Cultural diversity in wood products is manifest in diverseplaces of origin, ethnicities of woodworkers, and knowledgeand techniques. Transformations proceed not only in thematerial—a piece of wood—but also in the socioculturalmeanings of the object produced: traditional or innovative,change vs. continuity in domestic, decorative or ritual uses;function in work and play; and broader dimensions ofcommercialization, sustainability and identity
País:Kérwá
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Sprog:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/83077
Online adgang:https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1525/awr.2007.28.2.13
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/83077
Palabra clave:Costa Rica
Artisan traditions
Technological change
Wood