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Humble Hands in Humble Homes': The Irish Homespun Society, Women's Labour, and Craft Co-operatives in Ireland, 1935-65
DownloadSpring 2024
This dissertation provides a historical analysis of the Irish Homespun Society (IHS), a female-led craft advocacy group active in Ireland between 1935 and 1965. Established to slow the steady decline of traditional craft manufacture in poverty-stricken western counties, the IHS worked directly...
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Fall 2023
Pillow forts, rivers, shorelines, safety pins, anchor points, bathtubs, toilet paper, baking, Zelda, board games, tattoos, vast seas, marbles, plates, This thesis is collection of reflections, teachings, learnings and personal creative outputs presented across an introduction and three...
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Reimagining Craft as Alternate Sustainable Community Pathways: A Community-based Participatory Exploration of Degrowth
DownloadSpring 2023
From beekeeping to brewing, Alberta’s craft food sector offers potential provisionary pathways toward degrowth. While many sustainable development policies are fuelled by beliefs in ecological modernisation or green growth, degrowth scholars criticize these approaches as offering empty promises...