What is the importance of handmade craft today? Perhaps a more appropriate question is: In what contexts do handmade craft have value today? For whom is this valuable and why? What are the obstacles and how can the significance of handmade craft be increased? What learning takes place by different parties in the process of […]
This past weekend, as I wandered through the stalls and tables at the Vegetarian Food Festival in Boston, Massachusetts, I remembered a time not too long ago when a large portion of American society did not know the definition of a vegetarian, or the meaning of phrases like “organically grown” and “fair trade”. It has […]
The craft or handicraft sector is the largest decentralised and unorganised sector of the Indian economy. Craftspeople form the second largest employment sector in India, second only to agriculture. Handicrafts are rightly described as the craft of the people: there are twenty-three million craftspeople in India today. In India, craft is not merely an industry […]