Grassroots empowerment with design in a community of practice in Turkey

This study is about developing novel ideas for packaging and branding of locally bottled tomatoes, which is a traditional food preparation craft of women in western Turkey. In this region preparing fresh tomato preserve for private consumption is an annual and seasonal practice made in summer as a p...

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Published in:Journal of arts and communities 2013-04, Vol.5 (1), p.55-72
Main Authors: Kaya, Cigdem, Gelmez, Koray
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
community of practice
design intervention
empowerment
local production
social innovation
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Summary:This study is about developing novel ideas for packaging and branding of locally bottled tomatoes, which is a traditional food preparation craft of women in western Turkey. In this region preparing fresh tomato preserve for private consumption is an annual and seasonal practice made in summer as a preparation for winter. One of the towns famous for this craft is Salihli where approximately 155,000 people live. Located in the western Aegean region of Turkey, Mediterranean climate prevails in Salihli making it an agriculture town. A group of women in Salihli requested our assistance as product designers to prepare their products for selling in contemporary markets. The participants of our research had entrepreneurial motivation. Adopting a bottom-up approach, we explored how new design ideas emerged in a group when working with professional designers in two workshops. The research emphasizes co-creation and learning self-innovation as a sociocultural practice defined as situated learning.
ISSN:1757-1936
1757-1944
DOI:10.1386/jaac.5.1.55_1