Crafts: history, concept and dynamic of adaptation through gold jewelry valeu chain

Abstract

In this paper jewelry is shown of a productive, cultural, social and economic scenario framed in the description of needs and opportunities to undertake strengthening processes specifically in the Colombian artisanal sector. At first, it arises as a reflection towards a historical understanding of the concepts of craftsmanship and industry, which will differentially generate a theoretical context upon which the research takes place. In addition to the historical overview is presented as second scenario: concept, practice and organization; which proposes an analysis from the collective nature of the trade and productive, aesthetic and organizational effects of their own adaptive processes of modernity. Form and ornament, as a third point raises a scenario that exposes the fundamental aesthetic elements of craft product as traces of identity and culture. Finally and looking to integrate the above 3 scenarios, the value chain and its links, which is evident from the need to implement an applied research based on participatory action research PAR.