Essays about: "Anna Gkirmpa"

Found 2 essays containing the words Anna Gkirmpa.

1. 1. Weaving stories of a workshop under suspension : Experiences of female weavers in rural Greece

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

   Author : Anna Gkirmpa; [2021]
   Keywords : women; low educational background; employability; rug weaving; suspension; biographical narrative approach;

   Abstract : A weaving program initiated in 1981 by the National Welfare Organization to support the women with low educational background living in a Slavic-speaking area of the mountainous borderlands of Northern Greece, and continued for thirty years until its suspension in 2010. This research aims to shed light on factors that are experienced as important by participants in handcrafted employability projects. READ MORE

3. 2. Crafters and the quest for natural materials : Motives and benefits through this experience

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Anna Gkirmpa; [2014]
   Keywords : Crafting; natural materials; human-place interaction; experience.;

   Abstract : The aim of this research is to identify the motives and the benefits that the experience of seeking for natural materials offers to crafters. This experience has been considered as an interaction between the erson, the crafter in this case, the process of seeking for materials and the place where materils exist. READ MORE