Session Information
30 SES 11, ESE Between Discourse and Materiality. New Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on Realisms, Materialisms and Discourse
Symposium Part 2
Contribution
There is new wave of a craft movement in Global West (Luckman, 2015). It has emerged as a marriage between historical technique, punk culture, and DIY (Do It Yourself) ethos, also influenced by traditional handicraft, modern aesthetics, politics, feminism and art (Levine & Heimerl, 2008). Participants of the movement argue that the corporeality of crafting creates a more sustainable world (Greer, 2008). Hence, one may wonder what learning craft may bring tosustainable development. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore how meanings of craft are articulated within research relevant for Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE). This paper presents a research overview of craft within ESE research. The focus is on meanings of craft, of which 3 categories are identified: (1) craft as a metaphor, for example teaching as craft (2) craft as traditional, for example Indigenous knowledge is described as a knowledge produced informally giving the example of craft (3) craft as practice, for example how crafting activities give experiences of how we are part of nature. The categories are further discussed with craft theory’s focus on the past and the future (Adamson, 2013) and Dewey’s concept of transaction (Dewey, 1958) interwoven with Bennett’s (2010) concept of “thing-power”, in the paper understood as “trans-actants”. Craft theory and “trans-actants” may it possible to highlight and further discuss how craft education is constituted in relation to ESE.
References
Adamson, Glenn (2013) The invention of craft. Bloomsbury: London Bennett, Jane (2010) Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things Durham: Duke University Press. Dewey, John (1958). Experience and nature. New York: Dover Publication. Greer, Betsy (2008). Knitting for good! A guide to create personal, social and political change, stich by stich. Boston and London: Trumpeter. Levine, Faythe; Heimerl, Cortney (2008). Handmade nation – the rise of DIY, Art; Craft, and Design. New York: Princetion Architectural Press. Luckman, Susan (2015). Craft and the Creative Ecconomy. London: Palgrave MacMillan
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