Craft as an industry
2 points * One 1-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week * First semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: CER2722, CFT2462 or equivalent
Objectives On successful completion of this subject students will be able, through concepts and practice, to orient themselves into social life and its three main functions as a context for their craft.
Synopsis In this unit we explore ways in which the arts, crafts and design function in the ecological/economic and socio-political domains of society. In the economic domain we study the history and recent developments of ways in which craft is produced, distributed and `consumed'. For the political domain, craft is considered as an institution. Topics include professional organisations; government support structures at local and national levels, their standards and impact; communications, magazines, books, journals, exhibitions, conferences, media, conferences.
Assessment Subject record: 50% * Group project including an individual report on the group's dynamics: 50%
Recommended texts
Cochrane G The crafts movement in Australia: A history UNSWP, 1992
Ioannou M (ed.) Craft in society: An anthology of perspectives Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1992
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