The culture of craft : status and future
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The culture of craft : status and future
（Studies in design and material culture）
Manchester University Press, 1997
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On 8th impression, 2010: New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave , c1997
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Peter Dormer presents a series of lively, clearly argued discussions about the relevance of handicraft in a world whose aesthetics and design are largely determined by technology. One of the key questions discussed in the book is what makes the difference between a craft and a modern technology. -- .
Table of Contents
- Introduction: the salon de refuse?, Peter Dormer. Part 1 The status of craft: the history of craft, Paul Greenhalgh
- how strange the change from major to minor, T.A. Heslop
- craft and art, culture and biology, Bruce Metcalf
- craft within a consuming society, Gloria Hickey
- the progress of Captain Ludd, Paul Greenhalgh. Part 2 The challenge of technology: patterns of making, Helen Rees
- craft and the Turing test for practical thinking, Peter Dormer
- CAD/CAM and the British ceramic industry, Neal French
- textiles and technology, Peter Dormer
- tornadoes, T-shirts and technology, Jeremy Myerson. Part 3 Writing about the crafts: writing about the crafts, Rosemary Hill
- writing about objects we don't understand, Jonathan Meuli
- the language and practical philosophy of craft, Peter Dormer.
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