TID OCH PLATS FÖR TRADITION: Betydelsen av hantverk och plats för båtbyggare på Orust
Abstract
Abstract
This paper is based on an anthropological study conducted among boat builders on the island
of Orust, Sweden. Orust is a place where boat building has been part of the social realm for a
long time. In the 20th century boat building on Orust took a new turn from being something
mainly done on small scale to the development of a more industrialized boatbuilding process.
With the success of the shipyards on Orust also came an external generalized idea of Orust as
Boatbuilders land. This paper argues that boatbuilders on the island today have an ambivalent
relationship to terms such as Boatbuilders land. Recognizing that such terms exist, and the
important role boatbuilding has played for Orust, they also feel a need to distance themselves
from the general idea to signify their own expertise for a competitive purpose. Using the terms
habitus and expertise I discuss how they are intertwined and part of social capital in which the
know-how of boatbuilding, although different from the past, is seen as local tradition and a craft
that will remain on the island in the future. The study is mainly based on interviews with local
boatbuilders, both retired and still active. The observational part of the study serves to
contextualize the boatbuilding industry.
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Date
2023-10-12Author
Helleberg, Leo
Keywords
Tradition
expertis
habitus
båtbyggande
plats
Language
swe