The making of "asli" Sumba woven cloth: how globalising "intangible heritage" impacts women's roles. Issue 8 (16th November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Untari, Rustina; Gajjala, Radhika; Sanjaya, Ridwan
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 30:Issue 8(2020)
• Page Start: 1094
• Page End: 1104
• Publication Date: 2020-11-16
• Subjects: Technology -- Labour and livelihoods -- Globalisation (inc trade -- private sector) -- Gender and diversity; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2020.1759509
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article discusses how the production of "original"/" asli " commodity through a local/global dialectic in how "intangible heritage" is defined and how contemporary global market-facing Sumba weaving contributes to shifts and contradictions in gender roles as they are shaped simultaneously through local community needs and through a global facing westernised patriarchal business ethos. The increasing global north facing integration of global south production communities into the world markets for instance, leads to a masculinisation of management and global facing leadership while along with a feminisation of the local production process. Evidence for our observations were drawn from over 50 in-depth interviews and onsite observation during field visits to the site.