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Accepted Contribution
Roundtable: 'Safeguarding the embodied knowledge/practice of craftership in a digitising world - transmitting the unwritten – unwriting the transmission
Jorijn Neyrinck
(Workshop intangible heritage)
Bert De Munck
(University of Antwerp)
Marc Jacobs
(ARCHES, University Antwerpen and Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Tim Ingold
(University of Aberdeen)
In this Roundtable panellists will explore and address the question of what emerging technologies mean for craftspeople transmitting & safeguarding crafts.
Long abstract
Emerging technologies are creating new opportunities for both the practice and transmission of crafts. 3D printing, CNC machines and design software are becoming increasingly embedded in production processes and working methods, video techniques, virtual and augmented reality and immersive technologies are opening up new ways to transmit hands-on skills and traditional craft knowledge.
At the same time, there are important caveats. From a historical perspective, these developments echo earlier developments when craft knowledge was abstracted and codified through writing and the proliferation of the printing press. Current technological developments may be seen as a new phase in the longstanding tension with embodied knowledge and place-based learning.
In this Roundtable panellists will explore and address the question of what these changes mean for craftspeople for safeguarding crafts.