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Authors
Affiliations
1 School of Leather Goods and Accessories Design, Footwear Design and Development Institute, Noida, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 7, No 11 (2016), Pagination: 1091-1096
Abstract
This paper is focused over the work conditions, occupational ergonomics and related health and well-ness issues among artisans of Flexible Brass Craft of Bellaguntha. Bellaguntha is a notified area council and is situated under the jurisdiction of Ganjam district of Odisha state in India. Today, this craft may be considered as a languishing traditional craft with only a pool of approximately ten remaining active and full-time skilled artisans. As the healthy work environment along with involved artisan community's health and well-ness plays important role in existence and sustenance of any craft activity, as its back bone. So, this craft attracted this researcher to conduct a field study in the area of craftsmanship environment, artisan health and well-ness.
Keywords
Work Condition of Handcraft Artisans, Occupational Ergonomics, Occupational Health, Handcraft Artisans.
