I’ve received an email about an international conference on the Crafts and Modernity, being held in Canada soon, which sounds really good.

Here is some of the text from the email:

“NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) is pleased to be hosting NeoCraft, an international, interdisciplinary conference on the crafts November 23-25, 2007.

A diverse range of speakers from fields such as craft, design, art history, anthropology, architecture and philosophy will be debating and discussing the role of craft in relation to modernity. It is the intention of Neocraft to not only acknowledge the vital role the crafts play in our culture and economy, but to challenge the position of craft by creating a forum for lively exchange. The five central conference themes are: Political Economy; Cultural Redundancy; Invention of Tradition/Utopian Ideals; New Technologies; Global Craft. Internationally recognized speakers including Jonathan Woodham, Penny Sparke, Christopher Breward, Grace Cochrane and Paul Greenhalgh will be featured along with bus tours to eleven craft exhibitions, round tables on graduate studies in craft history and theory, and a special feature on innovation and tradition in Aboriginal craft.”

Click here for a link to their website.

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