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TY - JOUR
T1 - Crafts in the Yangtze River Delta China
T2 - Designing A Renewed Ecology for Sustainability
AU - Zhan, Xiaofang
PY - 2017/9/14
Y1 - 2017/9/14
N2 - Craft has long been regarded as being out of step with contemporary production and society. However, there is renewed interest in craft practices worldwide. In China, craftsmanship has recently been identified as a vital ingredient for the nation’s manufacturing development. Although craft has an inherent relationship with sustainability, this relationship has yet to be explored systemically. Aiming to understand craft as a field of making and as an agent for triggering transformative change, this study explores the relationships between craft, sustainability, and design. The main study site is the Yangtze River Delta in China, and this research aims to (1) determine the relationship between craft and sustainability and its theoretic underpinnings; and (2) explore the potential for design to contribute to craft in order to nurture sustainable transformation.
AB - Craft has long been regarded as being out of step with contemporary production and society. However, there is renewed interest in craft practices worldwide. In China, craftsmanship has recently been identified as a vital ingredient for the nation’s manufacturing development. Although craft has an inherent relationship with sustainability, this relationship has yet to be explored systemically. Aiming to understand craft as a field of making and as an agent for triggering transformative change, this study explores the relationships between craft, sustainability, and design. The main study site is the Yangtze River Delta in China, and this research aims to (1) determine the relationship between craft and sustainability and its theoretic underpinnings; and (2) explore the potential for design to contribute to craft in order to nurture sustainable transformation.
KW - craft
KW - sustainability
KW - design intervention
KW - ecology
KW - Yangtze River Delta
U2 - 10.1080/14606925.2017.1370668
DO - 10.1080/14606925.2017.1370668
M3 - Journal article
VL - 20
SP - 867
EP - 876
JO - The Design Journal
JF - The Design Journal
SN - 1460-6925
IS - 6
ER -