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Traditional knowledge on natural dyes use: Museum educational programme

Educational programme titled „Nature –the Laboratory of Dyes” on the traditional knowledge of the dye plants use with special attention on habitat conservation and biodiversity was developed. This educational programme as a part of the Technical Museum Nikola Tesla exhibition „Nature –the Laboratory of Dyes: traditional technological knowledge“ is aimed at different groups. The exhibition represents the traditional knowledge of the household use of natural dyes of plant origins and bases itself on research work carried out in the far south of Croatia from Pelješac, Primorje to Konavle during 2015 and 2016. Field data has been collected through open interviews, mainly involving farmers and elderly people who were born or have been living in the region for a long time. The research includes data about plant species: the scientific name, family, vernacular name, life form, status (wild or cultivated), parts used in the production of household dyes, the process of making a dye, and the way the dye is used. Educational programme consists of the interdisciplinary educational workshops on the following themes: traditional ecological knowledge on household dye use in the Dubrovnik region, karst landscape valorisation and conservation status of plants used for dyeing. The main methods of the workshops include short lectures, field work (photography, identification of various plant species, collection of plant material were appropriate etc.), laboratory work – making a dye with the collected material and finally testing the application of the laboratory results on different materials, referring onto the heritage of the area.

conservation ; dye plants ; ethnobotany ; folk tradition ; South Croatia

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