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- Convenors:
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Jorijn Neyrinck
(Workshop intangible heritage)
Marc Jacobs (ARCHES, University Antwerpen and Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Francesca Cominelli (University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
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- Chair:
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Bert De Munck
- Format:
- Panel+Roundtable
Short Abstract:
What does ‘unwriting’ mean in transmitting and documenting embodied crafts knowledge/practice'? And how can the digital world contribute to un-writing the safeguarding of craftership? This panel zooms in on transmission of crafts with focus on transformation in times of digital technology and AI.
Long Abstract:
Craftership is traditionally seen as based on embodied and tacit knowledge passed on by doing and as at odds with codified and abstract knowledge. Recent technological developments create new opportunities to document and pass on traditional craft knowledge and know-how, but it also brings the tension with embodied knowledge to a head.
How can digitalization contribute to ‘un-writing’ the safeguarding of craftership? This panel zooms in on the transmission of craft knowledge and skills, focusing on transmission in times of digital technology and artificial intelligence. It examines how embodied knowledge, the role of the hands, and of eye-hand coordination, continue to matter for learning and safeguarding craftership. How do crafters and others deploy digital approaches to capture and/or pass on ‘les gestes’, and what approaches and strategies regarding embodied knowledge/practice emerge in present-day workshops? To what extent does embodied knowledge still matter for transmitting and safeguarding craftership and what does the advent of AI mean in this respect? And how do these changing contexts of transmission challenge notions of gender, embodiment, affect, and performance in relation to craftership, and/or make room for new (trans)formations and narratives of multivalent cultural knowledge?
Papers addressing these and related questions are welcomed, and will contribute to the ongoing research within a cluster of European projects exploring durable and future-proof approaches to documentation, transmission and valuation of crafts.
Two panel sessions reflecting on these themes will be followed by a roundtable with – among others – Tim Ingold, Marc Jacobs, Bert De Munck and N.N.