Craft Imaginaries – Past, Present and Future

Autor: M. Tina Dacin, Maria Laura Toraldo, Emma Bell
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Organization Theory
ISSN: 2631-7877
DOI: 10.1177/2631787721991141
Popis: This paper contributes to debates about craft authenticity by turning attention to the craft imaginary. We suggest that the significance of craft stems from its role in constructing an alternative social imaginary that challenges dominant, modernist imaginaries of industrial production and consumption. Our focus is on the role of imaginaries in determining how societies, communities, organizations and individuals embody temporal relations to the past that extend into the present and future. We show how the craft imaginary comprises histories, traditions, places and bodies and use this to develop a distinction between the imaginary of craft-in-the-past and future-oriented craft imaginaries. Through this, we seek to highlight the organizational possibilities of craft as a source of innovation, inclusivity and disruption.
Databáze: OpenAIRE