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Zusatztext In Craft is Political , D Wood offers a timely, fresh look at the power of craft to critique mainstream culture. Whereas the original theorists of craft such as John Ruskin, William Morris, and Yanagi Soetsu conceived of craft as a response to industrial capitalism, the essays in this volume shift the focus to a critique of neoliberalism during the Anthropocene. Locating the politics of craft in social context, practice, and product, the volume offers a way to think beyond craft as commodity to a wider ethical perspective that accounts for ecology, equity, and care. Informationen zum Autor D Wood is an independent craft and design scholar and currently teaches at OCAD University, Canada. Wood earned a PhD in Design Studies in 2012 at the University of Orago, New Zealand, and has an MFA in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design, USA. Her profiles of craft practitioners and reviews of exhibitions and books have appeared in an international array of publications, including American Craft , Ceramic Review , Fiberarts , Fine Woodworking , Metalsmith , Neues Glas and Textile Forum . She is also the editor of, and contributor to, Craft is Political (Bloomsbury, 2021). Klappentext Throughout the 21st century, various craft practices have drawn the attention of academics and the general public in the West. In Craft is Political , D Wood has gathered a collection of essays to argue that this attention is a direct response to and critique of the particular economic, social and technological contexts in which we live.Just as Ruskin and Morris viewed craft and its ethos in the 1800s as a kind of political opposition to the Industrial Revolution, Wood and her authors contend that current craft activities are politically saturated when perspectives from the Global South, Indigenous ideology and even Western government policy are examined. Craft is Political argues that a holistic perspective on craft, in light of colonialism, post-colonialism, critical race theory and globalisation, is overdue.A great diversity of case studies is included, from craft and design in Turkey and craft markets in New Zealand to Indigenous practitioners in Taiwan and Finnish craft education. Craft is Politica l brings together authors from a variety of disciplines and nations to consider politicised craft. Vorwort A timely and original exploration of the politics and political implications of craft. Zusammenfassung Throughout the 21st century, various craft practices have drawn the attention of academics and the general public in the West. In Craft is Political , D Wood has gathered a collection of essays to argue that this attention is a direct response to and critique of the particular economic, social and technological contexts in which we live.Just as Ruskin and Morris viewed craft and its ethos in the 1800s as a kind of political opposition to the Industrial Revolution, Wood and her authors contend that current craft activities are politically saturated when perspectives from the Global South, Indigenous ideology and even Western government policy are examined. Craft is Political argues that a holistic perspective on craft, in light of colonialism, post-colonialism, critical race theory and globalisation, is overdue.A great diversity of case studies is included, from craft and design in Turkey and craft markets in New Zealand to Indigenous practitioners in Taiwan and Finnish craft education. Craft is Politica l brings together authors from a variety of disciplines and nations to consider politicised craft. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction: Re-Crafting an Unsettled World, D Wood (OCAD, Canada) Part 1: Craft Legacy 1. Politics of Tea Furniture: Invention of Ryurei Style in Late Nineteenth Century Jap...
