Title Critical craft : technology, globalization, and capitalism / edited by Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber and Alicia Ory DeNicola

Published London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016 ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 298 pages) : illustrations Contents Machine generated contents note: -- 1: Introduction -- Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber, Washington State University Vancouver, USA and Alicia Ory DeNicola, Oxford College of Emory University, USA -- SECTION ONE: Claims -- 2: Who Authors Crafts? Producing Woodcarvings and Authorship in Oaxaca, Mexico -- Alanna Cant, University of Oslo, Norway -- 3: Number in Craft: Situated Numbering Practices in Do-It-Yourself Sensor Systems -- Richard Beckwith, Intel Corporation, USA -- 4: Arts and Crafts as a Lived Aesthetic -- Fran Mascia-Lees, Rutgers University, USA -- 5: Designs on Craft: Negotiating Artisanal Knowledge and Identity in India -- Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber, Washington State University Vancouver, USA and Alicia Ory DeNicola, Oxford College of Emory University, USA -- 6: Nomadic Artisans in Central America: Building Plurilocal Communities through Craft -- Villalobos Rojas, Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería, Costa RicaSECTION TWO: Conundrums -- 7. We Have Never Been Analog: Situating the Study of Digital Crafts -- Lane DeNicola, Emory University, USA -- 8: Crafting Good Chocolate in France and the US -- Susan Terrio, Georgetown University, USA -- 9: Creativity, Critique and Conservatism: Keeping Craft Alive among Moroccan Carpet Weavers and French Organic Farmers -- Myriem Naji, University College London, UK -- 10: Refashioning a Global Craft Commodity Flow from the Central Philippines -- B. Lynne Milgram, OCAD University, Canada -- SECTION THREE: Conflicts -- 11: Modern Craft: Locating the Material in a Digital Age -- Daniela Rosner, University of Washington, USA -- 12: Materials, the Nation and the Self: Division of Labor in a Taiwanese Craft -- Geoffrey Gowlland, University of Oslo, Norway -- 13: The Weight of Tradition: Crafting Robes, Power and Politics in Nigeria's Zaria City -- Elisha Renne, University of Michigan, USA -- 14: Crafting Muslim Artisans: Agency and Exclusion in India's Urban Craft Communities -- Mira Mohsini, Kalamazoo College, USABibliography -- Index 1: Introduction: Taking Stock of Craft in Anthropology -- Alicia Ory DeNicola, Oxford College of Emory University, USA and Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber, Washington State University Vancouver, USA -- Part I: Contentions -- 2: Who Authors Crafts? Producing Woodcarvings and Authorship in Oaxaca, Mexico -- Alanna Cant, University of Oslo, Norway -- 3: Forging Source: Considering the Craft of Computer Programming -- Lane DeNicola, Emory University, USA -- 4: American Beauty: The Middle Class Arts and Crafts Revival in the United States -- Frances E. Mascia-Lees, Rutgers University, USA -- 5: Designs on Craft: Negotiating Artisanal Knowledge and Identity in India -- Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber, Washington State University Vancouver, USA and Alicia Ory DeNicola, Oxford College of Emory University, USA -- 6: Nomadic Artisans in Central America: Building Plurilocal Communities through Craft -- Millaray Villalobos, Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería, Costa Rica -- Part II: Conundrums -- 7: Number in Craft: Situated Numbering Practices in Do-It-Yourself Sensor Systems -- Dawn Nafus and Richard Beckwith, Intel Corporation, USA -- 8: Crafting Good Chocolate in France and the US -- Susan Terrio, Georgetown University, USA -- 9: Creativity, Critique and Conservatism: Keeping Craft Alive among Moroccan Carpet Weavers and French Organic Farmers -- Myriem Naji, University College London, UK -- 10: Refashioning a Global Craft Commodity Flow from the Central Philippines -- B. Lynne Milgram, OCAD University, Canada -- Part III: Conflicts -- 11: ConflictingIdeologiesof the DigitalHand: Locating the Material in a Digital Age -- Daniela Rosner, University of Washington, USA -- 12: Materials, the Nation and the Self: Division of Labor in a Taiwanese Craft -- Geoffrey Gowlland, University of Oslo, Norway -- 13: Craft, Memory and Loss: Hand-Embroidery in Zaria City, Nigeria -- Elisha Renne, University of Michigan, USA -- 14: Crafting Muslim Artisans: Agency and Exclusion in India's Urban Craft Communities -- Mira Mohsini, Kalamazoo College, USA -- Notes -- References -- Index Summary "From Oaxacan wood carvings to dessert kitchens in provincial France, Critical Craft presents thirteen ethnographies which examine what defines and makes 'craft' in a wide variety of practices from around the world. Challenging the conventional understanding of craft as a survival, a revival, or something that resists capitalism, the book turns instead to the designers, DIY enthusiasts, traditional artisans, and technical programmers who consider their labor to be craft, in order to comprehend how they make sense of it. The authors' ethnographic studies focus on the individuals and communities who claim a practice as their own, bypassing the question of craft survival to ask how and why activities termed craft are mobilized and reproduced. Moving beyond regional studies of heritage artisanship, the authors suggest that ideas of craft are by definition part of a larger cosmopolitan dialogue of power and identity. By paying careful attention to these sometimes conflicting voices, this collection shows that there is great flexibility in terms of which activities are labelled 'craft'. In fact, there are many related ideas of craft and these shape distinct engagements with materials, people, and the economy. Case studies from countries including Mexico, Nigeria, India, Taiwan, the Philippines, and France draw together evidence based on linguistics, microsociology, and participant observation to explore the shifting terrain on which those engaged in craft are operating. What emerges is a fascinating picture which shows how claims about craft are an integral part of contemporary global change"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Material culture. Artisans. Handicraft industries. Folk art Workmanship. material culture (discipline) craftsmen. folk art (traditional art) History of art -- art & design styles. Material culture. Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts. Anthropology. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General. ART -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Artisans Folk art Handicraft industries Material culture Workmanship Konsthantverk -- teori, filosofi. Science. Form Electronic book Author Wilkinson-Weber, Clare M. (Clare Megan), editor DeNicola, Alicia Ory, editor. ISBN 9781472594877 1472594878 9781472594884 1472594886 9781003085119 1003085113 9781474224055 1474224059

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