Asante Kente
A Home Craft and a Cultural Repository of the Place Identity History of the Asantes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16911983 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dickson Adom (0000-0002-0559-4173, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/21582440231224780 |
| OpenAlex | W4390841910 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 28 |
This descriptive phenomenological study driven by the place-identity theory investigated the historical and physical evidence that suggests that the Asante Kente is a home craft and a place-identity of the Asante people. Thirty-one (31) study participants were sampled using purposive and snowballing sampling techniques. The data garnered via in-depth face-to-face interviews, focus group discussions and descriptive observations were analyzed using the qualitative thematic analysis based on descriptive phenomenology. The findings of the study revealed that the discovery of the Asante Kente, the abundance and nomenclature of the weaving looms and accessories in the majority of homes at Bonwire, as well as the iconography of the Asante Kente weave patterns show the place identity history of the Asantes. The study contends that the Asante Kente encapsulates the history, political, and religious worldviews, values, and norms of the Asantes and as such must not be seen as a generalized African cloth
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Craft · Epistemology · Iconography · Nonprobability sampling · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Anthropology · Architecture and Cultural Influences · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Law · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Place Identity
Identity and Place
The City and Self-Identity
Qualitative thematic analysis based on descriptive phenomenology
In the field
A Comparative Study of Bonwire Kente and Daboya Benchibi
Place-identity
Psychological Theories for Environmental Issues
The State of Kete Development in the Volta Region
Local symbols and place identity
The resurgence of the ‘Region’ and ‘Regional Identity’
Naturalistic inquiry
Member Checking
Gender Bias Undermines Evidence on Gender and Health
Capturing Lived Experience
Observations in Qualitative Inquiry
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |