2021

JITRA DUNGSANG: CRAFT ACTIVITIES FOR ELDERLY EXERCISE. CASE STUDY OF SENIOR WEAVERS IN BAN NON MANAO, SISAKET, THAILAND

Design of craft-related tools and activities for the elderly to promote healthy behaviours and lifestyle. The study conducts among senior weavers in Non Manao Village, Sisaket Province, Thailand, which had a background as retried silk weavers and move to made handicrafts from banana fibers (because it is a material available and easily found in the community).

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The workflow of this project spans from material sourcing, material converting, and the use of materials to create new handicrafts activities. All craft tools designed are in line with the Elderly Treatment Principles of the Centre for Medicine and take into account the lifestyles and original contexts of the elderly. (as their previous routine) This project aimed to solve the health problems of the elderly by adjusting and prolonging the method, lifestyle, or traditional textile wisdom that already exists and is familiar in the community for the elderly to be healthy both physically and mentally, and to make this solution sustainable.