The seduction of craft: Making and value in artisanal labour

Drawing on fieldwork amongst lacemakers in Slovakia, this article examines the relationship between practices of making and the production of value in artisanal labour. The author shows that the processes of making challenged artisans’ perceptions of the natural distribution of agency between humans...

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Main Author: Makovicky, Nicolette (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. [2020]
In: Journal of material culture
Year: 2020, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 309-323
RelBib Classification:KBK Europe (East)
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Agency
B Craft
B Value
B Labour
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