In the making: The ‘power to the people’ workshop track at crafting the future

Otto von Busch (Editor), Amy Twigger Holroyd, Julia Keyte, Soh Choi Yin, Hope Ginsburg, Rebecca Earley, Jennifer Ballie, Helena Hansson

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    Abstract

    Over the last decade several projects and exhibitions have explored how crafts can play a central role for empowerment through social development, innovation and entrepreneurship. In order to facilitate this, there is a need to explore how craft practices can act as tools for empowerment, both in research and practice. The ‘Power to the People’ track at the European Academy of Design Conference in Gothenburg 2013 tried to answer on this challenge with a series craftbased seminars, each centred on a participant’s proposed craft or ‘Paper of Practice’. This formed a series of practice-based seminars that mixed hands-on activities and discussion, centred on and emerging from the very act of doing.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)379-401
    Number of pages24
    JournalDesign Journal
    Volume17
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 7 Aug 2014

    Keywords

    • Craft
    • Empowerment
    • Practice-based seminars
    • Research

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
    • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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