Heritage Pigments – Converting Waste into Cultural Memory
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Cultural heritage, which connects the past and the future, utilizes art to convey values embraced in society. Art is the best tool for preserving cultural heritage and transmitting social memory to younger generations. The unlimited materials approach adopted in visual arts classes is based on the recycling of household waste materials. The use of waste in artistic fields contributes to the preservation of cultural heritage and raises awareness of sustainability. The aim of this project is to examine the past value of plant dyes and pigments, their artistic aspects within a cultural context, and to investigate the effects and gains of the unlimited materials approach implemented from a sustainability perspective on children, thereby raising cultural heritage awareness in students.
The research was conducted by two 11-year-old students attending the Science and Art Center in the 2024–2025 academic year. The research is a quasi-experimental study based on a pre-test and post-test model with experimental and control groups. The study consisted of 22 students in the experimental group and 22 students in the control group, totaling 44. The experimental group received training using the "Sustainability and Cultural Heritage Awareness Training Cards through Pigment Production by Separating Household Plant Waste" program, one day a week for one hour per day for three weeks. The research data was collected using the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Attitude Scale (SOKÜMTÖ)" and a t-test was used for the control group in data analysis. The analyses revealed that the "Sustainability through Pigment Production by Separating Household Plant Waste, Cultural Heritage Awareness Education Cards" had a high impact on improving children's ability to recognize and understand cultural heritage.
This research demonstrates that pigment production through recycling from household waste, sustainability, and cultural heritage awareness training significantly improve children's ability to recognize and understand cultural heritage.
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