Handicrafts and Technological Integration in the Omani Context: Challenges and Potentials

Abstract

The political and historical stance of handicraft marks one of the most resistant cultures for technological implementation in the current postindustrial world. This paper explores ways of leveraging the relationship between the Omani traditional handicraft industry and technological innovations, and the main boundaries for technological implementation in handicraft training.

Keywords

• Handicraft, Craft Industry, Craft-Technology Integration, Oman