Craft production and design as women’s emancipation instruments

Abstract

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), which permits reproduction, adaptation, and distribution provided the original author and source are credited. AbstractThe craft production from Maranhão, for its strong influence on the generation of employment and income, has contributed to the development of women's empowerment, a new conception of power that allows women greater participation in decision-making as a group or association, in the management of responsibilities towards family, work and regarding the masculine gender, giving them greater autonomy. The present study identifies and discusses some design initiatives in the state of Maranhão (Brazil) that corroborate the autonomy and emancipation of artisans.

Design e atividade artesanal como práticasemancipatórias

“…Cabe ressaltar que as atividades artesanais presentes em 70,7% dos municípios brasileiros, são configuradas como atividades exercidas principalmente por mulheres. A vocação de gerar renda associada ao artesanato tende a deslocar as mulheres de uma posição de subalternidade, concedendolhes avanços relevantes quanto à autonomia no controle de si mesmas, seus corpos, sua sexualidade e seus direitos (NORONHA, 2018).…”