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Economy and Identity: Felt Making and Marketing in Kashgar Region and Konya

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Economy and Identity: Felt Making and Marketing in Kashgar Region and Konya

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Kashgar in China and Konya in Turkey are centers of felt making. The making and marketing of felt in these places, however, developed in two fairly different directions. In Konya felt is a sought-after tourism item while in Kashgar felt is reserved for personal use in a rural context. This paper is analyzing why felt-making in Kashgar barely survived, while the felt industry in Konya flourished. The paper compares the processes of felt-making, as well as the living or working conditions of felt makers in the two regions and argues. That in Kashgar, felt is not only used for domestic purposes, but it is also a marker of Uyghur identity. Moreover, Kashgar is a historical center of Uyghur handicrafts and felt-making that had, due to the severe travel restrictions during the past centuries, little cultural exchange with other regions and, the felt making techniques and production patterns thus barely changed. The limited flow of people, skills, ideas and techniques reflect in a low marketability of felt in Kashgar and - Uyghur felt makers hardly reach their level of subsistence by focusing on felt making. In contrast, Konya is an tourist’s city and contemporary center of felt industry producing for tourists hunting local felt and felt products. As such, the Turkish felt makers incorporated modern patterns, eased and accelerated the production process and in doing so repurposed the use felt, making it attractive for a young clientele. In this way they were able to cure prosperity for their felt industry.

Destekleyen Kurum

Sinophone Borderlands – Interaction at the Edges

Proje Numarası

CZ.02.1.01/ 0.0/0.0/16_019/0000791

Kaynakça

  1. ÇELİKER, Deniz (2011). “Germiston Günümüze Türklerde Keçecilik ve Keçe Yapımında Yeni Teknikler” , Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Hakemli Dergisi, ART-E Kasım 2011-08. Murray Lee Eiland III (2007). Felting Between East and West, Visual Anthropology, 20:4, 263-283.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Antropoloji

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

24 Aralık 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

20 Kasım 2020

Kabul Tarihi

16 Aralık 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Sayı: 16

Kaynak Göster

APA
Muhetaer, M. (2020). Economy and Identity: Felt Making and Marketing in Kashgar Region and Konya. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi, 16, 224-232. https://doi.org/10.46400/uygur.828616
AMA
1.Muhetaer M. Economy and Identity: Felt Making and Marketing in Kashgar Region and Konya. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2020;(16):224-232. doi:10.46400/uygur.828616
Chicago
Muhetaer, Mukaidaisi. 2020. “Economy and Identity: Felt Making and Marketing in Kashgar Region and Konya”. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 16: 224-32. https://doi.org/10.46400/uygur.828616.
EndNote
Muhetaer M (01 Aralık 2020) Economy and Identity: Felt Making and Marketing in Kashgar Region and Konya. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi 16 224–232.
IEEE
[1]M. Muhetaer, “Economy and Identity: Felt Making and Marketing in Kashgar Region and Konya”, Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 16, ss. 224–232, Ara. 2020, doi: 10.46400/uygur.828616.
ISNAD
Muhetaer, Mukaidaisi. “Economy and Identity: Felt Making and Marketing in Kashgar Region and Konya”. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi. 16 (01 Aralık 2020): 224-232. https://doi.org/10.46400/uygur.828616.
JAMA
1.Muhetaer M. Economy and Identity: Felt Making and Marketing in Kashgar Region and Konya. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2020;:224–232.
MLA
Muhetaer, Mukaidaisi. “Economy and Identity: Felt Making and Marketing in Kashgar Region and Konya”. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi, sy 16, Aralık 2020, ss. 224-32, doi:10.46400/uygur.828616.
Vancouver
1.Mukaidaisi Muhetaer. Economy and Identity: Felt Making and Marketing in Kashgar Region and Konya. Uluslararası Uygur Araştırmaları Dergisi. 01 Aralık 2020;(16):224-32. doi:10.46400/uygur.828616