Carpet weaving is a high risk occupation for developing MSDs, as awkward working postures, repetitive movements, contact stress and long working time are common. The objectives of the present study, which was carried out at the Iranian hand-woven carpet industry, were determination of MSDs symptoms prevalence, workstation and working posture assessment, identification of major factors associate...

needs of traditional producers. The cooperatives have been formed in Iran three decades ago. Continuation of the economic and social activities of these cooperatives depends on analyzing the ongoing problems. In this study, rural hand-made carpet cooperatives of Hamadan have been investigated. The main objectives of the study include analysis of weaknesses, threats, strengths and opportunities ...

Background and aims: Fatigue has a high prevalence in working population and associated with psychological stress in work environment, strongly. Occupational fatigue has negative effects on human errors and performance. Self report fatigue and hormonal change are fatigue assessment tools. This study aimed to evaluate acute fatigue and Urinary Free Cortisol level of carpet weavers in working and...

Arab tribe in Fars,which is a branch of Khamse :::::union:::::,enjoys ancient carpet-weaving tradition. All weavers of this tribe belong to Arab Jabbare :::::union:::::. It haslearnt Fars tradition of carpet-weaving sinceadoption of Islam by Iran and has transformed it accordingly. Because of the pastoral and nomadic life, some kinds of bag weavings have been woven by them. Carpetbag is the mos...

Ahar is one of the carpet weaving regions in Eastern Azerbaijan. This paper is to document the designs of carpets of this area. Data is collected through surveying, using methods of observation and interviewing weavers, merchants and scholars. Six ‌carpet designs of six villages of this area including Qunigh, Cheshme Vazan, Qurchi Kandy, Haj Abedin Mazre'eh, Kaghalagh and Kalhur are studied and...

The hand-woven products indicate the identity and rich culture of our country, Iran. The weavers of “Bidgeneh village” have knitted faith and love in the warp and weft of their carpets. The Bidgeneh carpet, as one of the manifestations of high culture and art of Iran has been forgotten for many years. In spite of the long history of carpet-knitting in this village, there has been li...

Based on international standards and directives of international organizations which lead the industrial clusters, successful implementation of such clusters involves some preliminary measures. An example of these is the challenges related to the cluster needed to identify the supporting and limiting factors pertaining to it. A study of the existing resources showed that the developing countrie...

The aim of this research is assessing carpet weaver’s health needs and designing a model for meeting them. A sample of 1688 carpet weaver in 8 provinces (Azarbijan, Fars, Kerman, Markazi, Kordestan, Golestan, Mazandaran and Khorasan) has been interviewed for collecting research data. Findings show that a Persian carpet weaver in Iran is typically a thirty-one aged, married woman with thre...