Crafting the Commons

打造公地

• 批准号: AH/S011986/1
• 负责人: Amy Holroyd
• 金额: $ 4.64万
• 依托单位: Nottingham Trent University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FS011986%2F1
• 关键词: Crafting; Commons

This network will creatively interrogate intersections between contemporary concepts of the commons and 'disruptive' craft initiatives - community-oriented activities which radically challenge the structures of industrial production and consumer culture - in order to cross-fertilise design and commons scholarship and influence future practical activity. It builds on recent work to extend theories of the commons beyond land-related contexts to embrace a diverse array of tangible and intangible collectively shared resources. Despite many resonances between the two fields, craft (understood here in expanded terms to encompass diverse making, repair and sharing practices) has yet to be examined through a commons lens.The network will inform the development of a major touring exhibition by Craftspace, an Arts Council-funded organisation which works to demonstrate the progressive role of craft in civil society. The exhibition, which will launch at Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) in Birmingham in September 2020, will comprise work by twelve makers that explores commons concepts and narratives, including three projects developed in collaboration with community groups in order to incorporate a broader range of voices into the debates. The exhibition will inspire diverse making communities to rethink their practices from a commons perspective and highlight the transformative potential of commons thinking to cultural organisations. Further dissemination activities including a blog, podcast series, exhibition catalogue, leaflet and journal articles will make the network's findings available to academic and lay audiences.Academics with expertise in craft/design and commons will participate in the network alongside the exhibition's curators and commissioned makers. Two international academics and two international makers will take part, bringing alternative cultural perspectives. Together, the participants will explore emergent academic research on the ideas, stories and politics of the commons to examine existing community-based craft initiatives and prototype experimental craft-as-commons practices. In summary, three research questions will be investigated:- What forms of commons can be created or animated through craft, making and repair?- What are the political dimensions of these practices, and what is their transformative potential?- What mythologies and narratives are drawn on in the creation of these 'craft commons', and how are these translated into social and material practice? Network members will come together through a series of events and research activities:- Event 1, an intensive theory retreat in Amsterdam incorporating two context-setting visits, will generate 'commons stories' to kickstart activity.- Event 2, a workshop at New Art Exchange in Nottingham, will introduce key concepts of the commons and make initial connections to disruptive craft practices.- Academics will undertake field visits to five community-oriented making, repair and sharing initiatives including a makerspace and a tool library.- Pairs of academics will visit the socially engaged community projects commissioned for the exhibition, while four Skype meetings will connect academics with the makers producing individual commissions; in all cases, the academics will act as both resource and observer.- Event 3, a workshop at Jigsaw, an autonomous social centre in Dublin, will provide space to discuss the research activities to date and to prototype experimental ideas for 'craft commons' via a social design jam. - Event 4, at MAC in Birmingham, will incorporate a final reflective workshop and a sharing day with 80 bookable places, coinciding with the launch of the exhibition. Presentations will share stories from the network, while discussions will consider the issues arising from this work and the ways in which attendees could apply commons ideas within their own practices.

这个网络将创造性地询问当代公地概念和“颠覆性”手工艺计划之间的交集--以社区为导向的活动，从根本上挑战工业生产和消费文化的结构--以便交叉培养设计和公地学术，并影响未来的实践活动。它建立在最近的工作基础上，将公地理论扩展到与土地相关的背景之外，涵盖各种有形和无形的集体共享资源。尽管这两个领域有许多共鸣，但Craft(这里的扩展术语包括不同的制造、维修和共享实践)尚未通过公共透镜进行审查。该网络将为Craftspace大型巡回展览的发展提供信息，Craftspace是艺术局资助的组织，致力于展示手工艺在公民社会中的进步作用。展览将于2020年9月在伯明翰米德兰兹艺术中心(MAC)启动，将包括12位艺术家的作品，探索公共概念和叙事，包括与社区团体合作开发的三个项目，以便将更广泛的声音纳入辩论。展览将激励不同的制造社区从公地的角度重新思考他们的做法，并突出公地思维对文化组织的变革潜力。进一步的传播活动，包括博客、播客系列、展览目录、单张和期刊文章，将把网络的研究结果提供给学术和非专业观众。具有工艺/设计专业知识的学者将与展览的策展人和受委托的制作者一起参与网络。两名国际学者和两名国际制作人将参加，带来不同的文化视角。与会者将一起探索关于公地的想法、故事和政治的新的学术研究，以检查现有的基于社区的手工艺倡议和作为公地的实验性手工艺实践的原型。总而言之，将调查三个研究问题：-通过手工、制造和修复可以创建或激活哪些形式的公地？-这些做法的政治层面是什么，它们的变革潜力是什么？-这些“手艺公地”的创建借鉴了哪些神话和叙事，以及如何将这些转化为社会和物质实践？网络成员将通过一系列活动和研究活动走到一起：-事件1，这是在阿姆斯特丹举行的一次密集的理论静修活动，其中包括两次背景访问，将产生“公地故事”，以启动活动。-事件2，诺丁汉新艺术交易所的一个研讨会，将介绍公地的关键概念，并与颠覆性的工艺实践建立初步联系。-学者将对五个面向社区的制造、修复和共享倡议进行实地访问，其中包括一个制作空间和一个工具库。-两对学者将参观为展览委托的社会参与社区项目，而四个Skype会议将把学者与产生个人委员会的制造者联系起来；在所有情况下，学者们将既是资源又是观察者。-事件3，在都柏林的自治社交中心Jigsaw举办的研讨会，将提供空间来讨论迄今为止的研究活动，并通过社会设计拥堵来为“工艺公地”建立实验想法的原型。-活动4在伯明翰MAC举行，将包括一个最后的反思研讨会和一个有80个可预订名额的分享日，与展览启动同时进行。演示文稿将分享来自网络的故事，而讨论将讨论这项工作产生的问题，以及与会者如何在自己的实践中应用公共概念。

项目成果

Ecological Reparation - Repair, Remediation and Resurgence in Social and Environmental Conflict

生态修复——社会和环境冲突的修复、补救和死灰复燃

• DOI: 10.2307/jj.455864.8
• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Papadopoulos D

We Are Commoners: creative acts of commoning [exhibition catalogue]

我们是平民：平民的创造性行为[展览目录]

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Dawney, L.

Problematising making, repair and maintenance [session]

解决制造、维修和维护问题[会议]

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Dawney, L.