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Format: xxvi, 391 Seiten , Illustrationen

ISBN: 9781800732742

Series Statement: New anthropologies of Europe volume 4

Content: Introduction. A pursuit of pleasurable studies with woodworkers -- An anthropologist's journey into craftwork and apprenticeship -- The carpenters' company and early London apprenticeships -- The building crafts college: a history -- Getting started -- Crafting craftspeople: introducing the instructors -- Vocational migrants to craftwork -- The intelligent hand -- Problem solving at the workbench -- Managing pleasurable pursuits -- Skill and ageing -- Epilogue. Towards a hands-on curriculum.

Content: "Against the backdrop of an alienating, technologizing and ever-accelerating world of material production, this book tells an intimate story: one about a community of woodworkers training at an historic institution in London's East End during the present 'renaissance of craftsmanship'. The animated and scholarly accounts of learning, achievement and challenges reveal the deep human desire to create with our hands, the persistent longing to find meaningful work, and the struggle to realise dreams. In its penetrating explorations of the nature of embodied skill, the book champions greater appreciation for the dexterity, ingenuity and intelligence that lie at the heart of craftwork."

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781800732759

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Marchand, Trevor Hugh James Pursuit of pleasurable work New York : Berghahn Books, 2022

Language: English

Keywords: England ; Industriedesign ; Ästhetik ; Geschichte 2000-2022

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: 1 online resource (482 p.)

ISBN: 9781800732759

Series Statement: New Anthropologies of Europe: Perspectives and Provocations ; 4

Content: Against the backdrop of an alienating, technologizing and ever-accelerating world of material production, this book tells an intimate story: one about a community of woodworkers training at an historic institution in London’s East End during the present ‘renaissance of craftsmanship’. The animated and scholarly accounts of learning, achievement and challenges reveal the deep human desire to create with our hands, the persistent longing to find meaningful work, and the struggle to realise dreams. In its penetrating explorations of the nature of embodied skill, the book champions greater appreciation for the dexterity, ingenuity and intelligence that lie at the heart of craftwork.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , FIGURES -- , ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- , PROLOGUE Toiling to Live -- , INTRODUCTION A Pursuit of Pleasurable Studies with Woodworkers -- , CHAPTER 1 AN ANTHROPOLOGIST’S JOURNEY INTO CRAFTWORK AND APPRENTICESHIP -- , CHAPTER 2 THE CARPENTERS’ COMPANY AND EARLY LONDON APPRENTICESHIPS -- , CHAPTER 3 THE BUILDING CRAFTS COLLEGE A History -- , CHAPTER 4 GETTING STARTED -- , CHAPTER 5 CRAFTING CRAFTSPEOPLE Introducing the Instructors -- , CHAPTER 6 VOCATIONAL MIGRANTS TO CRAFTWORK -- , CHAPTER 7 THE INTELLIGENT HAND -- , CHAPTER 8 PROBLEM SOLVING AT THE WORKBENCH -- , CHAPTER 9 MANAGING PLEASURABLE PURSUITS -- , CHAPTER 10 SKILL AND AGEING -- , EPILOGUE Towards a Hands-On Curriculum -- , BIBLIOGRAPHY -- , INDEX , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781800732759

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800732759

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781800732759

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800732759

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781800732759

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 391 Seiten) : , Illustrationen.

ISBN: 978-1-80073-275-9

Series Statement: New anthropologies of Europe: perspectives and provocations Volume 4

Content: Against the backdrop of an alienating, technologizing and ever-accelerating world of material production, this book tells an intimate story: one about a community of woodworkers training at an historic institution in London's East End during the present 'renaissance of craftsmanship'. The animated and scholarly accounts of learning, achievement and challenges reveal the deep human desire to create with our hands, the persistent longing to find meaningful work, and the struggle to realise dreams. In its penetrating explorations of the nature of embodied skill, the book champions greater appreciation for the dexterity, ingenuity and intelligence that lie at the heart of craftwork

Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022) , In English

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-80073-274-2

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781800732759

URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)