Relate North: Art & design for education and sustainability

This book is the fifth in the Relate North series. As in previous volumes, the contents reflect the range of research and practice that is going in art and design in northern and Arctic countries. The title of the book was also the theme of a symposium and exhibition that took place in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland, in November 2017. The question of how the interconnected topics of education and sustainability might be addressed through research in art and design formed the basis of a call for papers for that conference. As one might expect in a book entitled ‘Art and Design for Education and Sustainability’ many of the contributions focus on sustainability issues and how art, design and education might have roles to play in addressing the multitude of issues related to sustainability. We believe that the contents of this volume offer a good insight to some of the ways that researchers, artists and academics are confronting the difficult issues raised by the sustainability agenda, from work in the studio to art-based projects in the field. Diverse in nature, the chapters range from critical analysis to personal reflection, but all are thought provoking. - Timo Jokela & Glen Coutts, PrefacepublishedVersio

Female consumers' purchase intention of fair trade textile and clothing handicrafts: the roles of a geographical indication and fair trade knowledge in a brand equity model

The study investigated the effect of Geographical Indication (GI) certification and fair trade knowledge (FTK) on U.S. female consumers' perceived brand equity and purchase intention of fair trade (FT) textile and clothing handicrafts. Online experiments and a survey were conducted using the measurement items of perceived quality (PQ), brand awareness (BA), brand association (BS), uniqueness (UQ), willingness to pay a price premium (PP), purchase intention (PI), and FT knowledge level. The study results analysis indicated that consumers' willingness to a price premium for GI products and positive impact of FTK on the brand equity of FT handicrafts. In addition, the study findings also showed that increase in BS, UQ, and PP leads to the increase in PI. By exploring the relationship between GI, FTK, brand equity, and PI in FT textile and clothing handicrafts brands, this study contributed to the previously neglected literature and may help the sustainable management of FT textile and clothing handicrafts enterprises and organizations.Includes bibliographical references

Weavers of the Southern Highlands

Weaving centers led the Appalachian Craft Revival at the beginning of the twentieth century. Soon after settlement workers came to the mountains to start schools, they expanded their focus by promoting weaving as a way for women to help their family’s financial situation. Women wove thousands of guest towels, baby blankets, and place mats that found a ready market in the women’s network of religious denominations, arts organizations, and civic clubs. In Weavers of the Southern Highlands , Philis Alvic details how the Fireside Industries of Berea College in Kentucky began with women weaving to supply their children’s school expenses and later developed student labor programs, where hundreds of students covered their tuition by weaving. Arrowcraft, associated with Pi Beta Phi School at Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and the Penland Weavers and Potters, begun at the Appalachian School at Penland, North Carolina, followed the Berea model. Women wove at home with patterns and materials supplied by the center, returning their finished products to the coordinating organization to be marketed. Dozens of similar weaving centers dotted mountain ridges. A cornucopia of information about weaving, the crafts revival, benevolent work, and gender in Appalachia. . . . Scholars in Appalachian studies, women\u27s studies, and folklore, along with weavers and other crafts persons will find this book\u27s arsenal of data indispensable. --Appalachian Journal Describes, defends, and celebrates the schools and workshops that made the towels, place mats, coverlets, and baby blankets that decorated middle-class homes from the 1900s through the 1940s. --Journal of Southern History Alvic has provided a well-documented and comprehensive history of the Appalachian Craft Revival that began in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and continues to the present. --Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot Recovers a lost history of Appalachian weavers. Alvic shows how the development of weaving centers and the revival of weaving became the foundation of the craft revival movement in the region. --Helen Lewis Alvic knows more about the revival of weaving in Southern Appalachia during the missionary era, as well as about the art of weaving, about looms, patterns, dyes, yarns, and the marketing of handwoven fabrics, than anyone I know. She has written a literate, informative, thoroughly researched book about the history of this movement. --Loyal Jones, former director of the Appalachian Center at Berea College “The first book to present the institutional history of weaving in Appalachia…In addition to contributing an important historical resource, there are other reasons to recommend Weavers of the Southern Highlands. It is meticulously researched and well illustrated with one hundred period photographs. There are also maps, notes, and a comprehensive bibliography.”—Journal of Appalachian Studies Alvic offers a detailed and in-depth look at the art, craft, history, and business of weaving traditions throughout the region. --Goldensealhttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_appalachian_studies/1001/thumbnail.jp

Relate North:New genre Arctic art education beyond borders

This book examines art, design, craft, and education in the North, Arctic, and near-Arctic regions. The chapters illuminate how contemporary art inthese areas promotes and critiques sustainability through education, community engagement, and locally rooted artistic practices. Each chapter offersunique approaches to addressing urgent social, cultural, and environmental issues affecting Arctic regions, with art serving both as a pedagogical tooland a form of activism. The contributions to this eleventh Relate North book showcase the richness and expansion of new genre Arctic art education.The book will interest a wide audience, including cultural animators, sociologists, artists, designers, crafters, educators, and practice-based researchers.Additionally, it will be relevant to undergraduate and postgraduate students in art, design, and education, as well as to museums, cultural institutions,scholars, and policymakers focused on contemporary art, craft, design, and education

Bibliography of the arts and crafts movement in America

Thesis (B.L.S.)--University of Illinois, 1904TypescriptSamples = pasted-in pamphlets/brochures (eg, "The Society of Arts & Crafts annual report "; "Newcombe Art School"; "Pratt Institute Monthly"; et al)Includes inde

Evolving Patterns: Conflicting Perceptions of Cultural Preservation and the State of Batik’s Cultural Inheritance Among Women Artisans in Guizhou, China

My exploration features Miao batik-making in Guizhou Province and explores several sets of overlapping questions. The first set focuses on the status of the craft of Miao batik-making and the perceptions of its future. Is batik-making a dying art form? To what extent is Batik-making a thriving cultural practice today, or do Miao in China (and other ethnic groups involved in batik-making) perceive an inheritance crisis? My next focus is on the role of institutions and the tourism industry. If taught less and less in the domestic sphere (traditions passed from mother to daughter), what role do public domains such as educational institutions and the tourism industry play in the preservation of batik-making? What changes might a formalized or standardized curriculum have on the art form? What influences might the commercial markets have on batik-making

Policy and practice: Design education in England from 1837-1992, with particular reference to furniture courses at Birmingham, Leicester and the Royal College of Art.

This thesis is an examination of policy-making and practice in design education in England from 1837-1992. It takes a longue durée approach to the history of the development of design education to provide a new narrative which shows a pattern of recurring debates concerning the purpose of design education and how it should be taught. Using the curricula of furniture design courses at three art schools to illustrate the way policy was put into practice, this thesis argues that historical context is key to understanding why debates regarding the way designers should be trained for industry have recurred since 1837. Based on a wide variety of primary source material the thesis contributes to historiography by extending the scope of previous histories of art and design education, and also, for the first time, focuses solely on the development of design education, whilst acknowledging its place in the wider development of art and design education. Following the introduction, chapter two of this thesis examines the events which led to the 1835-6 Select Committee and argues that many of the issues raised during the Committee influenced the teaching of design education through the remainder of the nineteenth century; this is further demonstrated through chapter three. Charting the development of design education into the twentieth century through chapters four, five and six, this thesis shows that changing historical contexts, such as the development of industrial methods or wider changes in higher education, have also had an impact on design education. In the light of changing historical contexts, policy makers for design education have continually questioned what design students should be taught and how they should be taught, which accounts, in part, for the recurring nature of debates in design education

Earning income in the home : an historical perspective prefacing a profile of home based business owners in Franklin and Berkshire counties in Massachusetts.

The purpose of this research was to study home based businesses from 1880-1980 with special emphasis on society\u27s attitudes towards people who earned an income in the home. Government\u27s role in the development of home based businesses was also investigated. This information was coupled with a survey of home business owners in Franklin and Berkshire counties in Massachusetts. Findings from the research conclude that home business owners in 1980 experience the same problems and frustrations as those over the past 100 years. It is also apparent that attitudes towards work in the home have become more positive since 1960. A search of government documents provides evidence that numerous government agencies have contributed to the support of home businesses. In addition, there continues to be an important place for both private and government agencies in the support of home businesses

Contemporary processes and historical precedents for handmade crafts practice in the context of technological change

[v.1 Dissertation] -- [v.2. Exegesis : Studio practice component