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Transmitting the unwritten – unwriting the transmission: safeguarding the embodied knowledge/practice of craftership in a digitising world 
Convenors:
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:
Bert De Munck
Format:
Panel+Roundtable
Location:
Room 10
Sessions:
Tuesday 3 June, -, -, Wednesday 4 June, -
Time zone: Europe/London
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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.

Description:

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 craft knowledge and know-how, but it also brings tensions with embodied knowledge.

How can digitalization contribute to ‘un-writing’ the safeguarding of craftership? This panel zooms in on the transmission of craft knowledge and skills, 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 ‘les gestes’, and what approaches regarding embodied knowledge/practice emerge at present? To what extent does embodied knowledge still matter for 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, or make room for new (trans)formations and narratives of multivalent cultural knowledge?

Two panel sessions on these themes are followed by a roundtable with Tim Ingold, Marc Jacobs, Bert De Munck, Jorijn Neyrinck and N.N.

The first panel session puts focus on crafting, transmitting and transforming, including presentations:

* On (New) Technology: Influence of Tool Selection on Transmission of Embodied Textile Knowledge >Vic Bervoets, Tim Dierckx

* Unwriting the curriculum. Textile exercises and explorations >Clara Vankerschaver

* Immersive Digital Environments for Craft Transmission >Xenophon Zabulis

*On Basket Weaving Knowledge Transfer in the Digital Age >Ian Garcia, Jouke Verlinden

*Crafting machines and crafting the machine: Technology in and as craft >Holly Zijderveld

The 2nd session addresses ethical and policy related perspectives:

*On the New EU Regulation on the Protection of Geographical Indications for Craft Products: Opportunities and Challenges >Vadim Mantrov, Anita Vaivade, Liga Abele

*Craft, Gender, and Innovation: Redefining Boundaries and Challenging Traditions >Julie De Groot

* On Digital as Repair >Pierre-Antoine Vettorello

* On visual ethnography in safeguarding ICH in Vojvodina >Tatjana Bugarski, Aleksandar Petijević, Bogdan Sekaric

* Futuring craft in the age of planetary crisis >Ils Huygens

Accepted contributions:

Session 1 Tuesday 3 June, 2025, -
Session 2 Tuesday 3 June, 2025, -