Küreselleşme ve Zanaatçı-­Teknoloji Ustalarının Çaresizliği

Abstract

In spite of some significant  contributions  made by modern science and  technology within the last century to the betterment of the living conditions in  the developing world, the globalization of the industrial process, however, has  affected the professional life of the artisan/technologist adversely and caused  severe environmental crisis, as well as the end of the ways of practicing many  traditional arts and crafts. An oral history project  being conducted in Cilicia, Thrace and the city of Istanbul has been trying to illustrate the predicament of the artisan/technologist in the face of the growing globalization of the industrial  process. Four such interviews with different craftsmen are being summarized:

• A wheel­wright who was forced to turn into a sculptor of wood; 
• A blacksmith who refuses  to retire until he can no longer swing his  hammer;
• A tinker fighting the third bridge over the Bosphorus to save his 50­year old shop; and
• A master mechanical watch repairer who hates the word ‘quartz’.

Keywords

• zanaatkâr, teknoloji ustası, endüstrileşme, küreselleşme, tekerlekçi, demirci, kalaycı, mekanik saatçi, sözlü tarih

Globalization and the predicament of the artisan/technologist

Abstract

In spite of some significant  contributions  made by modern science and  technology within the last century to the betterment of the living conditions in  the developing world, the globalization of the industrial process, however, has  affected the professional life of the artisan/technologist adversely and caused  severe environmental crisis, as well as the end of the ways of practicing many  traditional arts and crafts. An oral history project  being conducted in Cilicia, Thrace and the city of Istanbul has been trying to illustrate the predicament of the artisan/technologist in the face of the growing globalization of the industrial  process. Four such interviews with different craftsmen are being summarized:

• A wheel­wright who was forced to turn into a sculptor of wood; 
• A blacksmith who refuses  to retire until he can no longer swing his  hammer;
• A tinker fighting the third bridge over the Bosphorus to save his 50­year old shop; and
• A master mechanical watch repairer who hates the word ‘quartz’.

Keywords

• artisan,craftsman,technologist,industrialisation,globalization,wheel­wright,blacksmith,thinker,master mechanical watch,oral history

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