KONYA'DA KEÇECİLİK GELENEĞİNİN SOMUT OLMAYAN KÜLTÜREL MİRAS AÇISINDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ.

PEKERŞEN, Yeliz; ÇALIK, İsmail

Konya is an important Anatolian city that brings its cultural and artistic richness from the past to the present via manners, customs, architectural works and handicrafts. Felt making profession, which is one of the oldest handcrafts of Turkish people, is tried to be conserved with a few masters in conjunction with a few centers in Konya. Felt making is primarily originated from the needs, is shaped according to the requirements of the society and took place in many fields of life in the region. In this study, determining the felt making handicraft's presesent condition in Konya in comparison with its past and the level of interest in this handicraft, revealing the kinds of products made by the masters of this handicraft from felt, the different sides of this handicraft and the authentic qualities of it, explaining the difficulties in transmitting the felt making handicraft to the next generations and in preservation of it and finally, making an inference about the role of tourism in the protection of these values within the scope of the intangible cultural heritage are aimed. In this study, negotiation method is used in collecting the datas and content analysis method is used in analysing them. The results obtained from this study put forward that the rapid development of technology, social and cultural changes narrowed the application field of felt making profession and manual labour gradually lost value. In addition, some necessary suggestions are presented in order to provide continuity in the felt making profession in this study.

Balikesir University Journal of Social Sciences Institute, 2017, Vol 20, Issue 37, p339

1301-5265

Academic Journal

10.31795/baunsobed.645189