TERENGGANU BRASSWARE HANDICRAFTS INDUSTRY AND GLOBALISATION: A REVIEW

INDUSTRI DAN GLOBALISASI: KRAFTANGAN TEMBAGA TERENGGANU: SEBUAH ULASAN

Abstract

Abstract

For every country, the potential value of handicrafts as representative of local material culture and traditions is surprising. Numerous scholars and organisations have reported the potential relevance of preserving handicrafts in the era of globalisation. However, the effects of globalisation have changed the nature of brassware craft ecology and community especially in Terengganu and have caused significant challenges to the survival of the traditional knowledge of craftsmanship. This paper reviewed numerous relevant literatures regarding the brassware crafts and its potential towards sustainability. Craft and handicraft have been distinctively defined and interpreted by scholars in a wide variety of ways. The accelerating processes of globalisation supported by technological advancement, which provides new opportunities and challenges, have changed the landscape of the brassware handicrafts sector not only in Terengganu but worldwide. Innovation and commitment in the creative craft business should be among the essential elements found in every artisan in order to develop craft products that have contemporary relevance while also retaining the ethical and aesthetic values of Malay culture. Obviously, the craft industry and its practitioners urgently need changes through innovation as well as fresh ideas in all respects to ensure sustainability of their craft and to make a living. The findings of this investigation have important implications for future practice in sustaining the culturally significant products, designs and practices of brassware crafts.

Keywords: Terengganu brassware, crafts, Malaysian crafts, cultural heritage, globalisation

Abstrak

Bagi setiap negara, potensi nilai kraftangan sebagai perwakilan budaya dan tradisi bahan tempatan adalah mengejutkan. Ramai sarjana dan organisasi telah melaporkan potensi perkaitan memelihara kraf tangan dalam era globalisasi. Walau bagaimanapun, kesan globalisasi telah mengubah sifat ekologi dan komuniti kraf tembaga khususnya di Terengganu dan telah menyebabkan cabaran yang ketara kepada kelangsungan ilmu tradisional seni kraf. Makalah ini mengkaji banyak literatur yang berkaitan mengenai kraf tembaga dan potensinya ke arah kemampanan. Kraf dan kraftangan telah ditakrifkan dan ditafsir secara tersendiri oleh para sarjana dalam pelbagai cara. Proses globalisasi yang semakin pantas disokong oleh kemajuan teknologi, yang menyediakan peluang dan cabaran baharu, telah mengubah landskap sektor kraftangan barangan tembaga bukan sahaja di Terengganu tetapi di seluruh dunia. Inovasi dan komitmen dalam perniagaan kraf kreatif harus menjadi elemen penting yang terdapat dalam setiap artis bagi membangunkan produk kraf yang mempunyai perkaitan kontemporari di samping mengekalkan nilai etika dan estetika budaya Melayu. Jelas sekali, industri kraf dan pengamalnya amat memerlukan perubahan melalui inovasi serta idea-idea segar dalam semua aspek untuk memastikan kemampanan kraf mereka dan mencari rezeki. Hasil penyelidikan ini mempunyai implikasi penting untuk kegiatan masa depan dalam mengekalkan produk, reka bentuk dan amalan kraf tembaga yang penting dari segi budaya.

Kata kunci:  Tembaga Terengganu, kraf, Kraf Malaysia, warisan budaya, globalisasi