Encountering Craft: Methodological Approaches from Anthropology, Art History, and Design

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Chandan Bose Mira Mohsini

Encountering Craft

Methodological Approaches from Anthropology, Art History, and Design

Chandan Bose, Mira Mohsini

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Routledge
18 December 2024

The Arts: General & Reference; History of Art & Design Styles; Art Forms; Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Social & cultural anthropology

This book reflects on the methodological challenges and possibilities encountered when researching practices that have been historically defined and classified as ‘craft.’ It fosters an understanding of how methodology, across disciplines, contributes to analytical frameworks within which the subject matter of craft is defined and constructed. The contributions are written by scholars whose work focuses on different craft practices across geographies. Each chapter contains detailed case study material along with theoretical analysis of the research challenges confronted. They provide valuable insight into how methodologies emerge in response to particular research conditions and contexts, addressing issues of decolonization, representation, institutionalization, and power. Informed by anthropology, art history and design, this volume facilitates interdisciplinary discussion and touches on some of the most critical issues related to craft research today.

Edited by: Chandan Bose, Mira Mohsini
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9781032450308
ISBN 10: 1032450304
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 18 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction Chandan Bose and Mira Mohsini 2. Critical Cloth: The Contemporary Toile de Jouy Print as Postcolonial Critique in Art and Design Stephanie Sabo 3. On crafting history in a time without craftiness Sarah Teasley 4. Narrating indigo: Telling and re-telling subjectivities of craft in India Aarti Kawlra 5. Disentangling history and practice in the weaving and dyeing course at Kyoto City University of Arts Elena Cinelli 6. Prolegomena for World War I craft therapy for American injured soldiers and Reconstruction Aides Jennifer Way 7. Theorising Indigenous art practice, practicing Indigenous art theories: Māori weaving as research methodology Hinekura Smith 8. Encountering gendered sociality on field: People and objects in Kashmir Nikita Kaul 9. ""Writing Practices"" and Writing ""Practices"": Observation and struggle in fieldnotes about artisanal work Alanna Cant 10. Coda Chandan Bose and Mira Mohsini

Chandan Bose is a cultural anthropologist who works on craft production in contemporary India. He is Assistant Professor at the Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. Mira Mohsini (she/her) is a trained cultural anthropologist. She has conducted ethnographic research in India on urban craft economies, with a focus on how Muslim artisans adapt, survive, and create in the midst of multiple intersecting forms of marginalization.