Author
Comb maker, loving
Author Original
شانه ساز محب
Publication Date
2019
Publication Place
Beirut: Presses de l’Ifpo, 2019. -
Press of the Ifpo
Subject
Art., Sociology & Anthropology., Aleppo, Syria., Syria., Recycling., Anthropology., Bronze. cuivre., dinanderie., ductilité., fer., fonte., forge., four., fusion., moule., percussion., recyclage., souk., Alep., Syrie., Workshop., Working space., Corporal bearing., Bronze., Copper., Copperware., Ductility., Iron., Ironwords., Kiln., Lathe-work., Melting., Mold., Pig iron., Recycling., Souk.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (208 p.)
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
9782351595480, 2351595483
Record ID
9977644041503681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
2019
Notes
CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | Arabic
Sample Text
This research began with the aim of comparing metal processing in Aleppo in the workshops that still existed between 2004 and 2009, with the same activities in other eras in urban settings. This book deals mainly with the contemporary aspect. The authors of this book see current traditional mining activities as a system of interacting elements in the city: they seek here to be aware of the intersections between the technical dimensions (manufacturing processes) and functional dimensions (organization of work in occupations and physical positions), in terms of the general organization of urban space in its relationship with cultural and societal considerations, as well as the role of urban authorities. This book is primarily concerned with the existing craftsmen in the ancient markets: blacksmiths, copper craftsmen (copper hammering, smelting and casting “bronze”), and coppersmiths. One of the questions raised by these activities deals with the formulas for integrating innovations into practical knowledge as well as into inherited ways of working, such as working positions and the relationship to the atelier floor: working while sitting on the floor, sitting on a chair, working standing? The most modernized activities of smelting and casting iron, steel, and cast iron (“fount”) are located in larger workshops, located on the outskirts in legal areas designated for these activities or in illegal areas. These professions form part of another growing economy. Doesn't the transition from traditional market mining workshops to medium-sized semi-industrial workshops involve a change in nature rather than a change in place? The field investigations conducted by the authors, as well as the drawings and photographs taken in Aleppo before 2011, document disappearing activities in which facilities located close to the front line were looted and destroyed and turned into a battlefield: the testimonies presented in this book therefore have mainly heritage value.
