Browsing by Author "Sinivuori, Saara"

The aim of this study was to increase understanding regarding the skills of a multi domain artisan, together with the similarity of the skills between the professions. I investigated the career of a person, who has had five very different craft professions. I examined the nature of the skills that are demanded in these professions and searched for similarities between the skills joined with another profession. In addition, this study focused on the occasions and reasons for searching new craft professions. The method of this study was qualitative with a case study approach. The theoretical view of this study can be seen as hermeneutical, based on the aim of interpretation of the study. The theoretical basis for this study is created from learning and teaching the skills and the role of tacit knowledge in learning a new skill. The open interviews were used to collect the data for this study and it was analyzed following the principles of content analysis. The results indicate that the skills of very different craft professions can be useful in several different professions. Mastering previous skills was not the reason for choosing and studying new craft professions. Based on this study, the reasons were due to the changes in production lines, physiological restrictions and incidents and unpredictable happenings. The role of a family and home was remarkable in the process of growing to be a crafts person.