Here’s a call for an upcoming issue of a new craft journal that I’m involved in. I hope it brings together some new and thoughtful perspectives on the way designing and making engage with the re-valuation of the planet’s resources.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Carbon Issue: Sustainability in Craft & Design
craft + design enquiry is seeking papers [...]
The following forum is an opportunity to bring together critical perspectives on cultural partnerships with the real-life demands of those working in the field. It will provide the context for the development of a Code of Practice for Craft-Design Collaborations
Title: A Fair Trade for Creative Labour: How to sustain trust in north-south collaborations [...]
Today in the South our calendars tell us that this is the beginning of spring. But as trees come into blossom here, the leaves will begin to wither and die in the North.
In his novel Rasselas, Samuel Johnson attempted to discover the secret of happiness. After many adventures, he concluded that any happiness is [...]
Craft Unbound provides stories about craft practice on the ground, particularly in ways that introduce craft into new contexts. At the same time, it is very important to understand how this relates to the longer term history of craft intervention. To this end, it’s wonderful to welcome an opportunity to engage with the newly established [...]
The 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale under its current director Dr. Ihnbum Lee seeks to position craft broadly within the arts as a unifying element. Ihnbum Lee claims that various art forms have been ‘boxed in’ to separate disciplines, making it difficult to experience their common nature. For Lee, craft offers an alternative to [...]
According to Plutarch, "All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own." So it seems in the sphere of world craft. Many of us have our own personal engagement with a craft community or tradition in a [...]
These events relate to the ‘After the Missionaries’ issue of Artlink, which includes articles about how artists are negotiating their paths through a more reciprocal world. For more information go here.
10 June FORUM Has the world changed?
Has the Kyoto Protocol changed how rich and poor countries relate to each other?
Is Australia moving away [...]
While much of regional Victoria is recovering from the devastation of recent bushfires, something positive beckons in the horizon. The central Victoria town of Castlemaine is home to a long tradition of making. Artisanship continues from its early days as a gold town to the present population of artists and makers who keep the foundries [...]
One of the most dramatic outcomes of climate changes is the submersion of islands like Tuvalu. So how does an entire community deal with the eventual lost of its land? It’s like that material culture will play an important part in sustaining links after the diaspora. The concern for this in nearby countries like [...]
Here’s an outline for the workshop that’s being offered for the Selling Yarns conference. This will be the first in a series of workshops taking place across the South this year. They will lay the ground for the development of the Code of Practice for Craft-Design Collaborations that aims to bolster the ethical value of [...]
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