M.Tech. (Fine Art) / Papermaking as an activity area at the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR) was initially introduced to equip fine art students with the basic knowledge and skills required to produce their own handmade papers, primarily for printmaking techniques. This need was identified through the fact that quality art papers were only available on campus at an expense that aspiring students could not afford. As the Papermaking Research and Development Unit (PRDU) at TWR expanded, students were able to specialise in paper-based research that targets certain issues that impact on and in our immediate environment. One issue that took priority was to investigate the properties, use and production of archival handmade papers to service local artists and students. South Africa does not have an extensive indigenous history or tradition in hand papermaking. It is a relatively new medium with little literature available on the subject. Research has become necessary to understand the properties of this medium in order to explore its various possibilities. This investigation would be viable to the local marketand manufacturers of paper, as well as to those who utilise paper in their creative activities. The bulk of archival papers available on the South African market are currently manufactured overseas and are imported to our country. With importing costs and current exchange rates, this increases their price in the South African market. The research specifically aims at producing a local handmade equivalent to the imported product that will meet, or lower, the cost and increase the availability of the product to the local market. Handmade papers have many advantages to the artists that exceed mould-made papers, all of which are investigated in this research. The specific market had to be identified in order to streamline the research possibilities and improve product potential. This market was identified as papers for selected traditional printmaking techniques, such as silkscreening; intaglio and relief processes. The research thesis, once published, will provide a resource on the subject, with specific application to a local situation. It will enable papermakers to further understand the composition of their product, as well as expand on its use and application.

El presente trabajo de investigación es un estudio de prefactibilidad para la constitución de una empresa productora de jabones artesanales. Este trabajo consta de dos partes importantes. En primer lugar, se presenta la validación del modelo de negocio, donde se analizó el problema que existe y nuestra propuesta de solución con el uso de jabones artesanales. Además, se estimó el tamaño de mercado de los productos y se elaboraron diferentes Productos Mínimos Viables (MVP) que validaron el producto y su forma de presentación al consumidor final, así como también se pudo recabar la información necesario para comenzar las ventas presenciales y realizar una proyección de ventas. En segundo lugar, se desarrolló el plan de negocios donde se hizo la declaración de la visión y misión de la empresa, así como sus objetivos y estrategias a corto y largo plazo. Asimismo, se evaluó el plan de operaciones, el de recursos humanos, de marketing y de responsabilidad social empresarial junto con el detalle de sus respectivos presupuestos. Gracias a la definición de estas estimaciones se logró elaborar el plan financiero del proyecto de acuerdo con los ingresos y egresos que se realizarían durante los años de operación. Todo ello se evaluó de indicadores financieros como el COK, WACC y TIR, los cuales validaron la viabilidad del proyecto. / This reasarch work is a prefeasibility study for the constitution of a handmade soaps. This work consists of two important parts. In the first place, we presented the validation of the business model, where the existing problem is analyzed and our solution proposal with the use of handmade soaps is presented. Furthermore, the market size of the products was estimated and many different Minimum Viable Products (MVP) were developed in order to validate the product and its presentation to the consumer. Additionally, we collected the information needed to begin face-to-face sales and perform A sales projection. Secondly, the business plan was developed in which the company's vision and mission statement was made, as well as its short and long-term objectives and strategies. Likewise, the operations plan, the human resources, marketing and corporate social responsibility plan were evaluated along with the details of their respective budgets. Thanks to the definition of these estimates, the project's financial plan was prepared according to the income and expenses that would be made during the years of operation. The entire financial structure was evaluated with indicators such as COK, WACC and TIR, which validated the viability of the project. / Trabajo de investigación

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Master of Arts / Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work / Gerad D. Middendorf / The label “fair-trade” might seem to be a definitive designation: either a product is or isn’t. In fact, a continuum exists, resultant mostly from the participation in fair-trade by diverse groups of producer organizations, buyers, certifying organizations, and consumers. Therefore, the way fair-trade is perceived and practiced cannot be presumed to be homogenous. In order to better understand the complexities of fair-trade, a qualitative study was carried out to examine one fair-trade product and its producers. Two Nepalese handmade paper companies, Bhaktapur Craft Paper (BCP) and Get Paper Industry (GPI), were studied to gain insight into the producers’ perceptions, interpretations, and practices of fair-trade. This study also assesses the impact of fair-trade affiliation on the socio-economic conditions of producers and workers. To provide the opportunity for comparison, the cases of BCP and GPI were also compared, where possible, to those of a non-fair-trade company, Bagmati Paper Industries (BPI). The study finds that the fair-trade producer organizations were affiliated with fair-trade networks primarily to promote their business by way of the multiple and committed trading partners involved in fair-trade. Also, affiliation seemed to have positive impacts on the overall business of the paper companies, contributing to growth in sales over the years. Likewise, different training programs sponsored by fair-trade organizations, such as Fair Trade Group Nepal and World Fair Trade Organization-Asia, and fair-trade buyers also contributed to the capacity enhancement of producer organizations. The producers in the paper companies lacked an understanding of fair-trade due to a lack of participation in decision making, a high level of illiteracy among producers, and because management did not consider producer awareness of fair-trade as significant. The study finds positive impacts of fair-trade involvement on the producers’ socio-economic position: a company’s participation in and practice of fair-trade is positively related to improvement in the socio-economic conditions of producers. Considering wages, work-hours, working conditions, and job satisfaction of workers, the fair-trade companies were determined to more favorably affect workers’ lives than the non-fair-trade company.

This intent of this project is to explore the importance of handmade objects in the age of information.

Within the existing research about communicative devices within visual rhetoric, most published research exists regarding two-dimensional design such as documents and media graphics. In this paper, I discuss the rhetorical value of handmade items and specifically speak to the ethos that three-dimensional, tangible handmade products inherently possess based upon their visual aesthetic.

Orientador: Marcos Aurelio Saquet / Banca: Bernardo Mançano Fernandes / Banca: Luiz Alexandre Gonçalves Cunha / Resumo: Esta pesquisa tem como finalidade analisar elementos da dinâmica territorial das agroindústrias artesanais e familiares (ou agroartesanato) no município de Francisco Beltrão/PR. A produção de alimentos via agroartesanato é um domínio antigo desses produtores familiares (o que chamamos de saber fazer produtivo); historicamente inerente ao patrimônio cultural dos imigrantes desterritorializados da Itália, da Alemanha e da Polônia e que reterritorializaram-se no Rio Grande do Sul e em Santa Catarina no final do século XIX por força do movimento global do capital. A mesorregião Sudoeste do Paraná, na qual está inserido o município de Francisco Beltrão, foi colonizada efetivamente a partir da década de 1940, intermediada pela ação política do governo de Getúlio Vargas através da constituição da CANGO (Colônia Agrícola Nacional General Osório). Com a CANGO, foram reterritorializados numa frente colonial formada, majoritariamente, por migrantes gaúchos e catarinenses, com predominância de ascendências italiana, alemã e polonesa e com arraigado conteúdo de sociabilidade campesina e mesclando tradição rural, pequena propriedade, trabalho familiar, produção mercantil e policultura de subsistência. A heterogeneidade é característica basal da formação territorial desse espaço, pois, o território, como manifestação concreta e simbólica da atividade social no espaço, congrega uma vastidão de possibilidades. Na década de 1990, entretanto, essas atividades rudimentares e familiares de produção de alimentos começaram a assimilar maior conotação mercantil. Em Francisco Beltrão isso se efetivou, mais notoriamente, nos anos posteriores à criação do SIM (Selo de Inspeção Municipal), instituído... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research has as purpose to analyze the elements of the territorial dynamics of the craft and family agribusinesses (or rural handmade production of food) in the city of Francisco Beltrão/PR. The production of foods through the rural handmade production of food is an old domain of those family producers (what we call to know how to do the products); historically, inherent associated to the cultural patrimony of the immigrants without territory of Italy, Germany and Poland and that established in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina in the end of the XIX century because the global movement of the capital. The Southwest region of Paraná, in the which Francisco Beltrão is located, it was colonized indeed starting from the decade of 1940, intermediated by Getúlio Vargas's government's political action through the constitution of CANGO (Colônia Agrícola Nacional General Osório). With CANGO, they were established in a formed colonial front, formed for the most part with migrants from Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, with Italian predominance of origins, German and Pole and with ingrained content of rural sociability; mixing the rural tradition, small property, family work, mercantile production and mixed farming of subsistence. The heterogeneity is a basic characteristic of the territorial formation of that place, because the territory, as concrete and symbolic manifestation of the social activity in the space has huge possibilities. In the decade of 1990, however, those rudimentary and family activities of production of foods began to assimilate larger mercantile connotation. In Francisco Beltrão it was mostly executed, in the subsequent years the creation of the SIM (Selo de Inspeção Municipal) that was instituted... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Actualmente, el mercado de cuido personal en el Perú, específicamente el mercado de jabones en barra, está valorizado en alrededor de 450 millones de soles, según Euromonitor. Sin embargo, cabe resaltar que carece de una variedad de productos dirigidos al mercado masculino y le permitan al hombre poder escoger la manera de cuidar su piel, así como lo hacen las mujeres. La manera en que el hombre de hoy en día le da importancia al cuidado personal no es el mismo que hace algunas décadas atrás. Hoy se relaciona la imagen personal con factores ligados al éxito, esto provoca que el hombre busque productos que le generen beneficios percibiese por su entorno. Dado este contexto, es preciso señalar que el objetivo de este estudio es brindar al mercado jabones artesanales con fragancias masculinas que cubran esta necesidad y que además resalten la virilidad buscada por los clientes finales. El hombre limeño de 25 a 39 años con estilo de vida ya sea sofisticado, progresistas o formalistas se encuentra en una constante búsqueda de los de productos que lo ayuden a resaltar y destacar su masculinidad, sumado a la salud de la piel y la tendencia del mercado por los productos naturales. La presente propuesta de negocio gira entorno a la comercialización de jabones con base natural de glicerina con aromas masculinas mediante la incursión en barberías y las ventas digitales por medio de redes sociales. Se estima que el tamaño de mercado para Bear Care es de 180,324 habitantes, lo que representa un tamaño de mercado de 35’704,247 soles. Finalmente, se pudo determinar que en el primer año de operación se tendrá una venta de 175 085 soles. Se tendrá valor financiero de 67 930 soles y un valor económico de 32 320. En los próximos cinco años, Bear Care será una marca especializada en el cuidado personal del hombre con productos de origen artesanal. / Nowadays, health care market in Peru, specifically the bar soaps market, is valued around 450 million soles, according to Euromonitor. However, it should be mentioned that there is a lack products in terms of variety aimed at the male market and stop men on taking care of themselves as women do with their skin. The way in which the man of today gives importance to health care is not the same as a few decades ago. Today, personal image is related to factors linked to success, that is why man look for products that generate benefits perceived by their social circle, by that they can reach an status. Given this context, it should be noted that the objective of this study is to provide the market with handmade soaps with masculine fragrances that cover this gap on the market and that also highlight the virility sought by the users. The man from Lima from 25 to 39 years old with a sophisticated, progressive or formalist lifestyle is in constant seek of products that help to highlight his masculinity, added to the health of the skin and the tendency of the market for natural products. The present business proposal revolves around the commercialization of soaps with natural glycerin base with masculine fragrances through the incursion in barbershops and e-commerce through social media. It is estimated that the market size for Bear Care is 180,324 inhabitants, which represents a market size of 35,704,247 soles. Finally, it was determined that in the first year of operation the company will reach sales of 175 085 soles. It will have a financial value of 67 930 soles and an economic value of 32 320. Over the next five years, Bear Care will be a brand specialized in the personal care of men with products of traditional origin. / Trabajo de investigación

Jakubíková, A. Consumer behavior in the handmade products market. Diploma the-sis. Brno: Mendel University, 2019. The diploma thesis deals with behavior of consumers of the Czech and Slovak Republics in relation to handmade products. Thesis research handmade products markets, identifies factors and consumer behavior in preference and in purchasing handmade products. The diploma thesis uses various techniques of marketing research such as quantitive research, qualitative research or cluster analysis. The result of the thesis is to find consumer behavior in both markets, market compari-sions, segment characteristics and marketing recommendations for the Czech and Slovak handmade products market.

Hedgehog runs across the sidewalk is a collection of texts about the everyday beauty of the world, about slowness and concentration. These are stories seen, perceived, heard by me. Stories where I stopped or they stopped me. About how the sun and the plant create a shadow, how storks fly in a circle over us, how a badger runs in the dark, how a pine cone falls from a tree, how cats sit in the dark, how they caress a plant over leaves, how a night butterfly sits in the corner of the room the dog watches something in the grass, as a rainbow spot lies on the road, as they find that it rains the least of the trees under the pine tree around, as a cloud of steam hovers over the forest, as tamarinds close their leaves at night, ... I write these texts and transfer them to handmade paper, which I made from collected papers and plants. I pin them story after story with a pin. They then meet together on a round table, where people can meet them and experience them with their eyes and touch.