MA Fashion and the Environment
The study aims to provide a clear an comprehensive outline of the current processes involved in creating artisanal products in Brazil and investigate both the already existing practices in addition to the ones planned for the future. The study has investigated if there is potential for handcrafted processes and products to be improved upon on a more commercial and beneficial scale. In order to explore and produce concise insights into current artisanal practices, artisanal associations and cooperatives were investigated. The groups were analysed and compared with one another in order to explorer parameters of social innovation, to analyse the drive for demand of the associated products and to identify the best practices in the current artisanal sector investigating their parameters around viability and feasibility. Maibe Maroccolo maibemaroccolo@gmail.com