GELENEKSEL KÖY ÇALIŞMA HAYATINDA EKMEĞİN ÜRETİM SÜRECİNİN KADIN-ERKEK İŞBÖLÜMÜ BAKIMINDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

There is no other food source that is as important as bread in traditional village life. The production process of bread, which is consumed the most and given so much importance, is also long and very arduous. The production of bread in village life is based on the division of labor and cooperation between men and women. The aim of this study is to examine the production process of bread and the total labor in traditional village working life within the framework of gender-based division of labor and cooperation. The population of the research consists of villages located in Sivridere district of Oltu district of Erzurum. Participant observation and in-depth interview techniques, which are among the data collection techniques of ethnography, were used in the research. In a period of about six years, settlements, working styles, division of labor and cooperation between men and women were observed and information on the traditional period was collected. At the same time, interviews were conducted with the people of the region. As a result of the research, it has been revealed that men dominate in some jobs and women dominate in some jobs from planting to table. The findings that emerged do not describe the present day, but roughly describe the traditional village business life from the post-Republican era to the 1970s. It has been determined that men work in making the field ready for planting, planting seeds, irrigating the field, collecting the straw in the field, bringing it to the threshing, threshing and grinding the wheat in the mill. It has been observed that women work in harvesting and harvesting the crops, washing and drying the wheat, making dough and baking the bread.