Craftsmanship as a Means of Empowerment for the Caiçara Population of Guaraqueçaba

The central proposition of this research is that design—understood as the human activity that creates material culture and doing so, transforms our living conditions—can be an important means of empowerment for traditional communities. This case study focused on a crafts cooperative created in Guara...

The International Journal of Design in Society

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