The loom sector in Bangladesh has a lot of potential in terms of contributing to large-scale cloth production. It is one of the more beneficial aspects of small and medium businesses. Many workers were employed in this location, and some... more
The loom sector in Bangladesh has a lot of potential in terms of contributing to large-scale cloth production. It is one of the more beneficial aspects of small and medium businesses. Many workers were employed in this location, and some were either satisfied or dissatisfied with their performance. The goal of this study has been designed to focus on the influential elements that have influenced the performance of hand-loom workers in Bangladesh. Both primary and secondary data sources were employed in this investigation. A structured questionnaire with five-point scales was used to collect data, with 1 indicating complete disagreement and 5 indicating complete agreement. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to analyze the data. Inferential statistics were used to discover the elements that affect hand-loom workers' performance in Bangladesh. Descriptive statistics were used to explain the characteristics of hand-loom workers in Bangladesh. The data was collected from active hand-loom workers using a suitable sampling strategy. Using the structural equation approach, we discovered three influential characteristics that are key connectors with the performance of hand-loom workers: factory people's political skill, job happiness, and motivation. People work in their factories to be fulfilled, motivated, and to have a heart-to-heart relationship with their co-workers, which the factory owner must be very attentive about.
At the archaeological fortified site of Monte Loffa, in the Lessini Mountains north of Verona, a significant number of inscribed loom weights were discovered from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century in different and... more
At the archaeological fortified site of Monte Loffa, in the Lessini Mountains north of Verona, a significant number of inscribed loom weights were discovered from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century in different and not always well documented excavations. The inscribed loom weights date to the Iron Age II (from the end of the 6th to the 1st century BC) and are exceptional both because they are made of stone and due to the unique typology of the inscriptions. As a matter of fact, the stele-shaped loom weights present a repertoire of inscribed signs, including numerals and icons that are often connected, combined and modified by small diacritics. The loom weights have been compared by the authors both with archaeological evidence of textile production and with all the known inscriptions recovered from an area comprising Trentino, Alto Adige and western Veneto. Although relevant to the Rhaetic writing system, no comparison for this particular type of loom weight has been found until now. Nevertheless, some other repertoires of signs connected to production activities, in the past and more recently, are the nearest candidates for a possible comparison. This paper identifies possible similarities between the unique inscriptions on these loom weights to other sign codes, with an analysis of ethnographic parallels of textile production across space and time.
