Design for songket weaving in Malay cottage industry

Songket is a traditional cultural heritage and national identity of Malaysia. Yet the hand-weaving practices are increasingly endangered and we know little about the current challenges faced by rural songket weavers. This paper interviews with 12 home-based weavers from a Malay village. We recognize...

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Published in:Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Main Author: Zhang M.; Sas C.; Ahmad M.
Format: Conference paper
Language:English
Published: Association for Computing Machinery 2018
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Zhang M.; Sas C.; Ahmad M.
Design for songket weaving in Malay cottage industry
2018
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
2018-April

10.1145/3170427.3188579
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85052015720&doi=10.1145%2f3170427.3188579&partnerID=40&md5=d095f29cf778f7308918ae12966093a2
Songket is a traditional cultural heritage and national identity of Malaysia. Yet the hand-weaving practices are increasingly endangered and we know little about the current challenges faced by rural songket weavers. This paper interviews with 12 home-based weavers from a Malay village. We recognized two key actors in songket supply and demand chain: weavers and middlemen, and outlined the motivations and challenges of three types of weavers, alongside the multiple roles played by the middleman. We concluded with three design implications supporting songket cultural heritage preservation and weavers’ economic empowerment. © 2018 Association for Computing Machinery. All Rights Reserved.
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author Zhang M.; Sas C.; Ahmad M.
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Design for songket weaving in Malay cottage industry
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description Songket is a traditional cultural heritage and national identity of Malaysia. Yet the hand-weaving practices are increasingly endangered and we know little about the current challenges faced by rural songket weavers. This paper interviews with 12 home-based weavers from a Malay village. We recognized two key actors in songket supply and demand chain: weavers and middlemen, and outlined the motivations and challenges of three types of weavers, alongside the multiple roles played by the middleman. We concluded with three design implications supporting songket cultural heritage preservation and weavers’ economic empowerment. © 2018 Association for Computing Machinery. All Rights Reserved.
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