{"product_id":"the-material-culture-of-basketry-9781350359901","title":"The Material Culture of Basketry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book celebrates basketry as a culturally significant skilled practice and as a theoretically rich discipline which has much to offer contemporary society. While sometimes understudied and underappreciated, it has much in common with mathematics and engineering, art, craft and design, and can also act as a socially beneficial source of skill and care. Contributors show how local knowledge of materials, plants and place are central to the craft. Case studies include the skill in weaverbird nest building (challenging how we perceive learning in craft and nature), an engineer's perspective on twining Peruvian grass bridges, and the local knowledge embodied in Pacific plaited patterns and knots. Photo-essays explore materials and techniques from the point of view of artists, anthropologists and mathematicians, revealing how the structure and skill in basketwork illustrate a significant form of textile technology. Thus, the book demonstrates that the textures, patterns and geometric for\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt a time when we need, more than ever, to reconnect with each other and our environment, \u003ci\u003eThe Material Culture of Basketry\u003c\/i\u003e is a reminder of how the most simple things can be so meaningful and sophisticated. This exploration of how the process of basketry has influenced our history, culture and global economy is both surprising and fascinating. It is a rich and compelling case for craft skills and material knowledge. -- Rosy Greenlees, Crafts Council, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Material Culture of Basketry\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force. The spotlight is on baskets and basket making, but the chapters in this collection are about far more. Taking a boldly interdisciplinary approach, objects and artisanal practices become effective means for authors to probe a vast range of anthropological concerns, including cultural meaning; sociality, well-being and recovery; embodied skill, situated problem solving and the intelligent hand; ecology and place-making; human origins, history and development; and techniques of making that we share with fellow species. The significance of this book is far reaching and will surely be on interest to scholars and craftspeople alike. -- Trevor H J Marchand, SOAS University of London, UK\u003cbr\u003eBaskets stand for a fast vanishing connective world. No robot can make a basket. A retired consultant pathologist discusses making basket with brain injury patients in a remarkable interdisciplinary collection is written by diverse contributors - basket makers, mathematicians, ethnographers, and archaeologists. Baskets - threatened by plastic containers of all kinds, their materials harder to access, their rhythmic, complex patterns growing unfamiliar - have much to teach us. The process of making baskets throws light on embodied knowledge, changing global economies and the subtle interactions between humans and plant materials. They are not simply evidence of technique, being also records of social relations. This visionary and sustaining book should be read by anyone concerned for the future of this planet. -- Tanya Harrod, Founder Editor of the Journal of Modern Craft, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements List of Contributors List of Illustrations  Introduction,\u003ci\u003e Stephanie Bunn\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePART ONE: Materials and Processes: from plant to basket and beyond \u003c\/b\u003e Introduction, \u003ci\u003eVictoria Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e  1. Bird-nest Building, \u003ci\u003eSusan D. Healy and Maria Cristina Tello-Ramos \u003c\/i\u003e 2. Binding Place, \u003ci\u003eCaroline Dear\u003c\/i\u003e  3. Archaeological Basketry and Cultural Identity in Ancient Egypt, \u003ci\u003eWilleke Wendrich\u003c\/i\u003e  4. The Sustainability of English Traditional Willow Basket-making, \u003ci\u003eMary Butcher\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Drawing Out a Tune: from head to hand, \u003ci\u003eTim Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e  6. Material Values, \u003ci\u003eLois Walpole\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cb\u003ePART TWO: Basketry as Maths, Pattern and Engineering: growth, form and structure\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction, \u003ci\u003eStephanie Bunn\u003c\/i\u003e 7. On the Continuities Between Craft and Mathematical Practices, \u003ci\u003eRicardo Nemirovsky\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Friction: an engineer’s perspective on weaving grass rope bridges, \u003ci\u003eIan Ewart \u003c\/i\u003e 9. Basketry and Maths: some thoughts and practical exercises, \u003ci\u003eGeraldine Jones\u003c\/i\u003e  10. Counting, Number, Loops and Lines, \u003ci\u003eMary Crabb\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Extracts from 'Imagining the Body Politic: the knot in the Pacific imagination', \u003ci\u003eSusanne Küchler\u003c\/i\u003e  12. Secret Strings, \u003ci\u003eSabine Hyland and William Hyland\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Exploring Mathematical and Craft Literacies: learning to read and learning to make patterned baskets in Vanuatu, \u003ci\u003eLucie Hazelgrove-Planel  \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePART THREE: Gathering Knowledge: basketry as a medium of memory, belonging and evocation\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction, \u003ci\u003eVictoria Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e 14. Snare and Enfold, \u003ci\u003eCaroline Dear\u003c\/i\u003e  15. Irish Woven Communities: a glimpse into the Irish indigenous basketry tradition, \u003ci\u003eJoe Hogan\u003c\/i\u003e  16. Straw Ropes and Wattle Walls: aspects of the material culture of basketry in Atlantic Scotland, \u003ci\u003eHugh Cheape\u003c\/i\u003e 17. The Primordial Basket, \u003ci\u003eJohn Mack\u003c\/i\u003e 18. Woven Communities: from handwork to heritage in Scottish vernacular basketry, \u003ci\u003eStephanie Bunn\u003c\/i\u003e 19. Making baskets, making exhibitions: indigenous Australian baskets at the British Museum,\u003ci\u003e Lissant Bolton \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePART FOUR: Basketry: memory, healing, and recovery\u003c\/b\u003e  Introduction, \u003ci\u003eStephanie Bunn \u003c\/i\u003e 20. Basketry as Therapeutic Activity,\u003ci\u003e Florence Cannavacciuolo \u003c\/i\u003e 21. The Hand Memory Work of An Lanntair in the Outer Hebrides, \u003ci\u003eJon Macleod\u003c\/i\u003e  22. Hand Memories in Net-making and Basketry with People with Dementia, Told Through Life-moment Stories and Associated Images, \u003ci\u003ePaula Brown \u003c\/i\u003e 23. Meeting Angus MacPhee, the Weaver of Grass. Interview with Joyce Laing, 2016, \u003ci\u003eStephanie Bunn \u003c\/i\u003e 24. Making Grass Replicas Inspired by the Work of Angus MacPhee, \u003ci\u003eJoanne B. Kaar\u003c\/i\u003e 25. The Legacy of World War 1 for Basket-making, \u003ci\u003eHilary Burns \u003c\/i\u003e 26. Extracts from an Interview with Scholar and Occupational Therapist Dr Catherine Paterson, MBE. Taken from a Collaborative Film made with the University of Hertfordshire and Woven Communities Project, University of St Andrews, \u003ci\u003eStephanie Bunn\u003c\/i\u003e  27. Basket-making as an Activity to Enhance Brain Injury Neurorehabilitation, \u003ci\u003eTim Palmer \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePART FIVE: Renewal and Realignment: the embodied knowledge of basketry\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction, \u003ci\u003eVictoria Mitchell \u003c\/i\u003e 28. Rush to Design, \u003ci\u003eFelicity Irons\u003c\/i\u003e 29. Nearly Lost: learning knots, knowing knots, loving knots and passing it on, \u003ci\u003eDes Pawson\u003c\/i\u003e 30. Renewing a Dying Craft: the Serfenta Association of Poland, \u003ci\u003ePaulina Adamska\u003c\/i\u003e 31. The Cultural Wastepaper Basket, \u003ci\u003eIan Tait\u003c\/i\u003e  32. Braiding and Dancing: rhythmic interlacing and patterns of interaction, \u003ci\u003eVictoria Mitchell \u003c\/i\u003e 33. Weaving Together: human robot relations of basketry and knitting, \u003ci\u003eCathrine Hasse and Pat Treusch\u003c\/i\u003e  Afterword: To Basket the World, \u003ci\u003eTim Ingold\u003c\/i\u003e   Glossary of Terms Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866601042263,"sku":"9781350359901","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350359901.jpg?v=1722279405","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-material-culture-of-basketry-9781350359901","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}