Crafting in the world : materiality in the making /: materiality in the making. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Clare Burke, Suzanne M. Spencer-Wood, editors.
• Editors: Burke, Clare; Spencer-Wood, Suzanne M
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Crafting a Terminology: An Etymological Black Hole; Crafting and Habitus; Overview of This Volume; Bibliography; Part I: Reconstructing Ancient Craft Practice Through Archaeology and Experiment; Chapter 2: Made to Remake the World: The Bronze Age Tool and the 'Idea of Craft'; Craft as Reshaping the World; Tools as Functional Objects; Tools in a Socio-technological Context; Tools in Dual Worlds; Tools in Life and Tools in Death; Made to Remake the World; References Chapter 3: Looking Over the Shoulder of the Bronze Age Metalsmith: Recognising the Crafter in Archaeological ArtefactsAre Mistakes a Sign of Poor Artistry or Is There a Story Here?; Understanding Craft; Tools: Intermediary Between Smith and Material; Telling the Story: Wear as Narrative; Motion Frozen in Metal: Artefacts as a Record of Craft Activity; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Grasping at Threads: A Discussion on Archaeology and Craft; Introduction; A Note on Technology; Methodological Consequences; Black Boxes and the Introduction of Sails on Scandinavian Boats; Dealing with Time Handling Past ActionsApproaching the Technological Space; Pieces of the Puzzle; Subtle Changes: Immense Consequences; Spinning; Weaving; Production Organization; Archaeology of the Tacit; Literature; Part II: Reconceptualizing Crafting and Identity; Chapter 5: Crafting History: How the World Is Made. The Case of Islamic Archaeology; Agency, Action, Craft and Identity; Identity and the Material Link to Culture, Individual, Agency and Mind; Marranci's Tautological Circuit and the Material World; Crafting the World, Crafting History; Craft as an Example of Transformative Action Craft as an Example of Chaîne OpératoireCraft and Identity; A Case Study: The Question of Islamic Archaeology and Islamic Identity Through the Study of Craft; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: Beauty and Grace in Making Artifacts: An Anthropological Gaze Upon Crafting in the World; Introduction; Theoretical Background and Argument; Arts and Crafting as Socially Embodied Learning and Kinesthetic-Embodied Communication; Studying Art in Anthropology; Franz Boas and Gregory Bateson: Connectedness in Grace; Evolutionary Therapeutic and Educational Art Theories Similarities and Differences During Crafting in the WorldPresenting Case Vignettes; Abdelkarim: Crafting as Intercultural and Healing Communication; Feisal: Crafting as Regaining Mental Stability; Artisanal Blacksmithing as a Social-Communicating Transgenerational Socialization and (Family) Continuity; Relating Case Vignettes to Theoretical Argument; Concluding Remarks; Appendix I; Lost Powers Returning; MiBoSo: An Ancient-New Sacred Trinity; Reuniting Mind-Body-Soul; References; Chapter 7: Mapping Etsy: Reflections on (Spatial) Relations in an E-Commerce for Handmade Things; Introduction
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306; Social sciences; Material culture -- Social aspects; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Social aspects; Handicraft -- Social aspects; Cultural geography; Archaeology; Cultural heritage; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Cultural studies; Social Science -- Archaeology; Archaeology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319650883; 3319650882
• Related ISBNs: 9783319650876; 3319650874
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 14, 2018).
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