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Title	A survey of traditional systems of boat design used in the vicinity of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, and Hardangerfjord, Norway
Author	Taylor, David Alan, 1951-
Description	Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1990. Folklore
Date	1989
Pagination	450 leaves : ill., maps
Subject	Boat building--Newfoundland and Labrador--Trinity Bay; Boat building--Norway--Hardanger Fjord; Fishing boats--Newfoundland and Labrador--Design and construction; Fishing boats--Norway--Design and construction; Hardanger Fjord (Norway)--History; Trinity Bay (N.L.)--History;
Degree	Ph.D.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Folklore
Discipline	Folklore
Language	eng
Spatial Coverage	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Trinity Bay Norway--Hardanger Fjord
Notes	Bibliography: leaves 360-402
Abstract	This work is an analysis of traditional systems of boat design employed by boatbuilders in two North Atlantic regions—Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, and Hardangerfjord, Norway. It present two case studies that apply an ethnographic approach to the study of boat design. Though covering basically the same analytical terrain, each case study offers different insights into the process of design. -- Preliminary sections provide the social, historical, economic, andenvironmental contexts of the study areas, discuss categories of builders, and examine the most significant changes influencing boatbuilding in the past 100 to 150 years. These are followed by the core sections of the work which explore a variety of topics relative to the design process, including design conceptualization, translation cf design from mental image to physical form, the use of devices and measurements to control form, the relationship between form and function, and the dynamic interplay between ba-itbuilders1 need for self-expression and their desire to conform to tradition. -- This study calls for greater attention to the process of design in material culture studies. Furthermore, it argues that basic emic concepts that define the essence of the forms of boats and other cultural artifacts can be perceived through systematic analysis of a range of data, including the physical properties of the artifact, verbal statements of artifact makers and users, documents, and observation of an artifact1 s design, construction, and use.
Type	Text
Resource Type	Electronic thesis or dissertation
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	76072902
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(50.54 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Taylor_DavidA.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	153117.cpd