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Title Mobility and circulation of knowledge among potters of the Arewa (South-Western Niger): impact of the frameworks of practice on the spatial distribution of ceramics' techniques
Full text http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/41/59/56/PDF/archaedyn2008_corniquet.pdf
Date 2008
Author(s) Corniquet, Claire
Abstract At first glance, Pottery is an activity practiced alone. Nevertheless, the field enquiries in Arewa reveal that at each stage of the "chaîne opératoire" the craftswoman is in more or less close contact with others practitioners. Whether these contacts are organised or informal, the gatherings take place in the context of some operating chain's stage situated at different scales. This paper proposes a study of the contacts' points and degrees which link and interconnect the potters from different localities of this area, and the impact of the shared space of practice on the technical ceramics' distribution. Analysing the "context of practice", we would explain the technical configurations of this area.
Subject(s) [SHS:ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory; [SHS:GEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography; Africa; ethnoarchaelogy; pottery; social dynamic; frameworks of practice
Coverage Dijon
Language EN
Publisher HAL - CCSD
Type of publication text
Identifier HAL:halshs-00415956, version 1; HAL:http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00415956/en/
Repository France - Hyper Article en Ligne (HAL)
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