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Author:   Rebecca Reubens (Ahmedabad, India) ,  Tanishka Kachru (Ahmedabad, India)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge India
Weight:   1.025kg
ISBN:  

9780367757489

ISBN 10:   0367757486
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   15 October 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction Part I: Policy Discourses 2. Sustaining Indian Craft as Culture, History, Livelihood and Service 3. A Brief History of Craft Policy (1947- 2020) With A Prescription for The Future 4. Dilli Haat: India’s First Organised Handicraft Market Part II: Craft Histories 5. Rewriting The History of Indian Crafts and Why That Matters 6. Representing Craft: The Possibilities of Pre-Colonial Histories 7. Chronicling Craftspeople in India: The Journals, Archives, Records and Documents That Construct a History Part III: Craft and Education 8. Toward A Sustainable Future of Craft Traditions: Education for Artisans of Kutch 9. Lessons Of Design Empowerment 10. 14 Years of Design and Business Education: Artisan Graduate Reflections Part IV: Craft and Technologies 11. Super-Sustainability: An Ecology of Cotton Cloth for A Future World 12. Encounters Of Craft and Digital: Recent Directions in India 13. Reviving Vernacular Crafts in India Through Additive Manufacturing Part V: Craft and Marketing 14. Unpacking The Sales Logic of Handloom Saris 15. Craft Retail: Omni Channel 16. The Landscape of Indian Craft Marketing Part VI: Craft and Certification 17. Indian Handicrafts and Geographical Indications (Gi) Act: The Case of Kashmir Pashmina 18. Holistic Sustainability Assessment for The Handicraft Sector 19. Sustainability Certification: Aica’s Craftmark Green Part VII: Craft and The Development Sector 20. Creative Manufacturing Can Contribute to A Kinder Economy 21. Successful Sustainable Craft Business Practices 22. Kala Cotton: An Inside View Part VIII: Documentation and Representation 23. Documentation Of Craft in India: A Historical Overview from Early 20th Century to Present Day 24. Crafts In India: Representation And Reflexivity Through the Lens of Applied Research 25. Crafts: Evolution Of Narratives and Perceptions in India Part IX: Futures 26. Fibres In Peril: Revival Of Indigenous Cotton and Wool Traditions in Kutch 27. Toolkits as an Emerging Framework for Engaging with Crafts 28. Design By Proxy. Index

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Rebecca Reubens is a sustainability designer, educator and independent academic who spent the first decade of her career working with international development-sector institutions centred on sustainable livelihoods for bamboo-working communities in Asia and Africa. Following this, she completed her PhD at Delft University of Technology on the links between craft, sustainability, and design. She currently practices in the same space, through her sustainability design studio Rhizome in Ahmedabad. She remains connected to academics through her teaching and writing. She is the author of a number of publications including, Bamboo: From Green Design to Sustainable Design and Holistic Sustainability through Craft–Design Collaboration. She is an ambassador for the World Bamboo Organization. Tanishka Kachru is a design historian and educator at the National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad, India. Her research interests focus on the intersections of design histories from postcolonial perspectives, national identity, exhibition histories, and design for development. She was co-convenern of the Design History Society 2013 Annual Conference, the first to take place in a non-Western geography. Her practice includes curation and cultural communicationn produced from collections, archives and living heritage. She has contributed to several publications including, Nakashima at NID, The Routledge Companion to Design Studies, and the forthcoming Women Graphic Designers: Rebalancing the Canon.

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