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Craft As a Creative Industry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patel, Karen.
- Series:
- Routledge Research in the Creative and Cultural Industries Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Handicraft industries--Case studies.
- Handicraft industries.
- Handicraft--Economic aspects--Case studies.
- Handicraft.
- Entrepreneurship--Case studies.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (116 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
- Summary:
- This book centres craft as a creative industry, illuminating the experiences of those working in and around craft, particularly people from marginalized groups.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Craft as a creative industry
- Inequalities in the creative industries and craft
- 2 UK professional craft: elitism and change
- The context of UK professional craft: guilds, the Arts and Crafts movement, and the Commonwealth Institute
- Craft guilds
- The British Arts and Crafts movement
- Craft in the Commonwealth Institute
- Inequality, expertise and cultural value in UK craft
- Racism and microaggressions in UK professional craft
- Judgement and cultural value
- UK socially engaged craft: case studies
- CraftA, London
- Flourish Jewellery Project, Edinburgh
- Path Carvers, Birmingham
- Socially engaged craft in the UK: change, challenge and growth
- 3 Craft in Australia: lessons to learn
- Craft in Australia: a background
- Creative industries and cultural policy in Australia
- Aboriginal art centres
- Socially engaged craft in Australia: case studies
- The JamFactory, Adelaide
- The Social Studio, Melbourne
- Craft social enterprises in Australia: enterprise and flexibility
- 4 Making changes in craft
- Change what is judged and how: craft expertise and the craft object
- Change who judges and how: community evaluation
- Change the approach: care in craft
- Change the system: parity of participation and contributive justice
- 5 Conclusion
- Making changes in craft
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781003301714
- 1003301711
- 9781040085226
- 1040085229
- OCLC:
- 1428259406
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