Global craftivism since the pussyhats: handcraft responses to violence, war, illness, and isolation

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"This anthology offers a framework for understanding why people urgently turn to textile handwork as a site of repair in a world on the brink and examines how craft expression aligns with political activism in a sometimes quirky and always colorful way. In a world at a constant crossroads of despair and disruption, chapter contributors provide a clear-eyed assessment of specific craft-activism campaigns since the "Pussyhats," focusing on the most pressing political issues of our time, as people seek to stitch a world aligned with their belief systems that is built on a DIY-ethos of hands-on community building. The chapters explore the impact of craftivism in the late digital age, where hands-on production and creativity can serve as an antidote to the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence and a pervasive mistrust of political processes. Does craftivism serve any meaningful purpose at a time when it's been increasingly corporatized in a capitalistic system devoted to profits and divisive sloganism? Can craftivism do more than amplify political divisions and reinforce suspicions of perceived ideological enemies, or can it model a more expressive and inclusive activist platform around the globe? With contributions from among the most prominent thinkers on DIY civic engagement, Global Craftivism since the Pussyhats: Handcraft Responses to Violence, War, Illness and Isolation, gives politically expressive crafting its due as a powerful social force"-- Provided by publisher.

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The agitation (and comfort) of textiles in a world on the brink : 'craftivism' enters maturity in its third decade / by Hinda Mandell -- Digital or digit-all : a designer's manifesto in the making for humanistic futures through handwork / by Donna Maione -- Good in a crisis : a conversation on craftivism's values of craft, collectivity and care / by Kate Just, Alyce McGovern, and Tal Fitzpatrick -- Unraveling unity : reflections on the dynamics of allyship and economics / by Diane L. Ivey -- The fierce fabric of feminism : feminist embroidery as a tool against sexual violence in Sweden / by Elisabeth Drion, Karin Milles, and Hanna Söderlund -- Patients before profits : promoting change in healthcare through craftivism / by Catherine McGeehin Heilferty -- Stitching a Covid-19 transgression : Dominic Cummings at Barnard Castle (2020) / by Lynn Setterington -- Crossing great divides: reckoning with COVID through collective threads / by Heather Schulte -- Roe, Roe, Roe your vote : how to create your own craftivist protest piece / by Elizabeth Sovern -- Why teaching 20,000 students across Africa to knit by 2030, is not just about craft- but how to learn / by Elizabeth Okeyele-Olatunji -- The story of the 'violet protest :' deploying socially engaged art with textile craft for political resistance / by Ann Morton -- Knit democracy together : combining craft and education / by Eve Jacobs-Carnahan -- Speaking out about the longest hatred, antisemitism and Oct. 7, 2023 / by Mirka Knaster -- Blossoms not bullets : craftivist's love letter to humanity in response to weaponised games people play / by Stacey Rozen -- Crafting survival : making in Ukraine since the 2022 Russian full-scale invasion / by Cynthia Klima and Alla Myzelev -- #FramedinBelarus : Stitch It Collective and the fight for human rights in Belarus / by Sasha Razor -- Visible mending as a political act / by Sandra Markus -- Weather wisdom and kit craftivism / by Shirley Wajda -- More than a gimmick in the attention economy : looking ahead to the tactility of joy and craft action in a brittle, brutal world / by Hinda Mandell -- Afterword. The chocolate-craft of activism from a small-business perspective / by Lindsay Tarnoff.