This multidisciplinary collection of eighteen essays was presented at the conference of the same name. It explores the complex and significant role of contemporary craft in society. The authors show how linguistic and feminist studies are tools for understanding craft. Historical analysis highlights how education, architecture, and industrial design have influenced craft products and our perceptions of them. Social and cultural anthropology show how craft expresses backgrounds of its makers. And ethnology and museum studies reveal the assumptions used in collecting, identifying and exhibiting craft.
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Publisher
University of Ottawa PresseBook ISBN
9781772823622
Year
1994Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Résumé
- Preface
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Keynote: The Language of Things
- Overview: Forming Discourse - Stephen Inglis
- Towards a Language of Craft
- Historical Contexts and Contemporary Concerns
- Craft and Cultural Meaning
- Symposium Summary: Craft in Canada