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Title: STAGES OF PRODUCTION: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY IN A CLAY BRICKFIELD IN NORTH 24-PARGANAS, WEST BENGAL, INDIA
Authors: Sukla Sikder
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Sukla Sikder Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, Kolkata-126, WB, India
MLA 8 Sikder, Sukla. "STAGES OF PRODUCTION: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY IN A CLAY BRICKFIELD IN NORTH 24-PARGANAS, WEST BENGAL, INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 3, no. 12, Dec. 2018, pp. 6989-6999, ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=493. Accessed Dec. 2018. APA Sikder, S. (2018, December). STAGES OF PRODUCTION: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY IN A CLAY BRICKFIELD IN NORTH 24-PARGANAS, WEST BENGAL, INDIA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 3(12), 6989-6999. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=493 Chicago Sikder, Sukla. "STAGES OF PRODUCTION: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY IN A CLAY BRICKFIELD IN NORTH 24-PARGANAS, WEST BENGAL, INDIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 3, no. 12 (December 2018), 6989-6999. Accessed December, 2018. ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=493.
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Abstract: In India, the use of fired bricks belongs to Indus Valley Civilization. Since then the tradition of using fired bricks being followed in India to enhance the durability and strength of any construction. Presently like other states of India in West Bengal, fired bricks are in use for construction purpose. Bricks are generally being produced locally in industries and small enterprises in villages of rural Bengal. The present study had been done in a small enterprise called Sadarpur Brick Field (SBF), which is situated under the village, Sadarpur under the Icchapur-Nilgaunj Gram Panchayet, Barasat Block-II, in the District of North-24-Parganas, West Bengal. In the said enterprise the labourforce employed in the production of bricks is mostly local. But for the firing of the bricks, migrated labours, especially from Gujarat, Rajasthan is being preferred for their efficiency as well as skill in the concerned sector. Through the present study, it had been observed that different operational stages were involved in the production of fired clay-bricks. The present study is basically an ethnographic profile of the stages of brick production ranging from 'Soil collection' to 'Selling and transportation of bricks'. Through the present study, the organization of production on and the issues are related to the processes of the units of production and allied division of labours had also been observed. The empirical data had been collected through Participant Observation, supplemented by Intensive Interviews with the association of Questionnaires.

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