CER3721

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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