Unpacking Craft Skills
What Can Images Reveal about the Embodied Experience of Craft
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2163352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Gowlland (0000-0002-0640-2989, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 286-297 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-9468 • E-ISSN: 1545-5920 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08949468.2015.1052324 |
| OpenAlex | W2513444242 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 21 |
In this article I compare video footage I recorded during two separate studies on craft ceramics, in China and Taiwan respectively, to reflect on the way images might contribute to theoretical reflections on embodied practice in craftwork. In the first, key moments captured by the camera illustrate, and help us to understand, local conceptions of craft and ethics of skilled practice, yet these moments are fleeting and their value unlikely to be recognized by a casual viewer. An analysis of the second video footage, in which a Taiwanese master ceramicist is brought to "unpack" his skilled knowledge when in the role of a teacher, reveals another way in which images can bring viewers to access otherwise "invisible" dimensions of skilled practice
Aesthetics · Art · Assemblage (archaeology · Casual · Craft · Embodied cognition · Political science · Sociology · Unpacking · Visual arts · Computer Science · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · History · Law · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Artificial Intelligence
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2025 (56) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |