The Politics of Global Craft

List of Figures
Acknowledgements

1. Introduction â" Times Achanginâ, D Wood (Independent Scholar)

Part I: Crafting Identity

2. Stitching resistance: The Ukrainian Vyshyvanka, Katya Zabelski (Independent Scholar, UK)
3. The Politics of Maria Vinkaâs Sa´mi Heritage Within IKEA's Commodities: Neocolonial Craft or Global Imaginary? Ezra Shales (Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA)
4. The Politics of Archives: Documenting Black Craftspeople in Labour and Liberation, Tiffany Momon (Sewanee: The University of the South, USA)
5. The Irish Agricultural Organisation Societyâs Home Industries Societies: Community Craft, Co-operative Ideals and Cultural Nationalism, Molly-Claire Gillett (University of Galway, Ireland)
6. Coming Out: Exhibiting Queer Craft, Denis Longchamps (Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Canada)

Part II: Community Craft

7. The Political Fabric of Amazigh Rugs, Dina Benbrahim (University of Connecticut, USA)
8. Craft in Laos: From Royal to Socialist Sponsorship, Linda S. McIntosh (Independent Curator, USA)
9. The Convoluted Politics of Handloom Weaving and Weavers in Colonial North India, Santosh Kumar Rai (University of Delhi, India)
10. Masked to Be Seen. Clothing, Craft and Politics in the Feminist Red Balaclava in Chile, 2018-2020, Tamara Poblete (Royal College of Art, UK)
11. The Separation of Art from Craft in 20th Century Thailand: An Introduction, Adulaya Hoontrakul (Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan)

Part III: Craft Practice

12. Civil Rights Shaped in Silver: The Politics of Jewellery and the Black Body, Sebastian Grant (Parsons School of Design, USA)
13. Craft as a Tool for Individual and Collective Empowerment: A Japanese Woman Ceramicist in a Rural Brazilian Town, Liliana Morais (Rikkyo University, Japan)
14. Crisis, Craft, Origins and Their Confluence in Omar Musaâs Poetry of Identity, Kevin Brophy (University of Melbourne, Australia)
15. Generational Baton: Virtuous Women, Ngozi Omeje (University of Nigeria, Nigeria)
16. A Queer Narrative: The Batik Paintings of Patrick Ng Kah Onn, Simon Soon (University of Melbourne, Australia)
17. Future Traditions: Finding Survivable Futures Through Textiles, Sera Waters (Adelaide Central School of Art, Australia)

Part IV: Futuring Craft

18. Crafting the Living Cultural Heritage in Finland, Sirpa Kokko (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
19. Craft, Authenticity, and Strategic Essentialism in Virginia Indian Communities, D. Brad Hatch (Independent Scholar, USA)
20. Exile from the Forest: Finding Relevance for Craft in a âPost-Naturalâ World, Ishan Khosla (UPES Dehradun, India)
21 Fogo Island: Getting it Together, D Wood (Independent Scholar)
22. Craft Labour, Entrepreneurialism and Social Class in Contemporary Australia, Jesse Adams Stein (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)

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