ERIC Number: EJ1032444
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 16
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Expanding the Frontiers of Pottery in the Nanumba South District of Ghana for Social Sustainability: An Experiment with the Youth
Nortey, Samuel; Wamuaja, Naako; Okai, Frederick Ebenezer
Teaching Artist Journal, v12 n3 p139-154 Jul 2014
Despite the significant role of pottery in preserving cultural identity and providing a source of livelihood to the people of Nanumba, their artistic development of pottery production has been stagnant. This has resulted in low patronage of their products, which is further accentuated by the influx of the plastics industry on the market. This in turn has led to low social sustainability of pottery production. As a society, there is the need to promote education, creativity, and the development of human potential for the whole population; preserve the cultural and biological heritage and strengthen the sense of connectedness to cultural history and environment. This article follows teaching artists at work on unraveling complexities in the designs of indigenous youth potters in the Nanumba South District of Ghana and expanding the frontiers of pottery production in the interests of social sustainability. The project discussed in this article looks at Nanumba pottery with the primary objective of unraveling its design complexities and expanding the frontiers of potting production to meet contemporary expectations.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ceramics, Studio Art, Sustainability, Indigenous Populations, Youth, Artists, Art Teachers, Workshops, Art Activities
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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