Isbn: 9781788316552 - the new politics of the handmade: craft, art and design (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. Craft activism and indie crafting are an important element within the Resistance as witnessed in the Women s March, direct action on the climate crisis and other contemporary political movements.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Contemporary craft, art and design are inseparable from the flows of production and consumption under global capitalism. The New Politics of the Handmade features twenty-three voices who critically rethink the handmade in this dramatically shifting economy. The authors examine craft within the conditions of extreme material and economic disparity; a renewed focus on labour and materiality in contemporary art and museums; the political dimensions of craftivism, neoliberalism, and state power; efforts toward urban renewal and sustainability; the use of digital technologies; and craft's connections to race, cultural identity and sovereignty in texts that criss-cross five continents. They claim contemporary craft as a dynamic critical position for understanding the most immediate political and aesthetic issues of our time.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 304 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.