Weaving Social Change: Artisanship & Cultural Heritage. An informal investigation.
About the workshops on traditional know-how and entrepreneurship we implemented with Basurama for rural women entrepreneurs. Dahlia Rodriguez Atelier Fue una gran suerte poder incorporarme como parte del equipo de Basurama durante la realización de los talleres de reutilización creativa y artesanía híbrida organizados en el marco del proyecto Gira Mujeres. Tres talleres implementados en…
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“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction” Virginia Woolf
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The general objective of this research project is to investigate the potential role of artisanship as vector for social change.
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Kogei as Contemporary Craft: Transcending Boundaries The Kogei World Competition in Kanazawa is an international competition meant to convey to the world what is new in kogei (“craft”). This competition serves to pursue artistic works that demonstrate a rich sense of expressivity, using the techniques and skill cultivated within the world of kogei to bring…
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On the occasion of Anni Albers exhibition at Tate Modern, Amber Butchart wrote a very interesting article for Frieze on how textile history has been separated from Art History and Fine Art because it has been always a women´s work. The artificial divide that exists between fine art and textiles (or applied/decorative arts, or craft)…
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Textile Intersections Conference organised by the Textile Design Research Group at Loughborough University in collaboration with Royal College of Art and Queen Mary University London, launched a call for papers. The conference will be held in London, Loughborough University in London, from 12 to 14 September 2019. TEXTILE INTERSECTIONS is interested in topics related to…
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Save the Date and Support Fair Trade!
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Women on Wings Annual report 2015 – 2016 on Craftsmanship in business consultancy: co-creating jobs for women in rural India is available online. Among the case studies presented by this organization, two are from the textile sector and related to local organisation working with women masters of silk, weaving, embroidery and printing techniques.
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Save the Date! 8th International Biennial of contemporary textile art WTA on “Sustainable City” is taking place in Madrid!
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