{"product_id":"the-new-politics-of-the-handmade-9781784538248","title":"The New Politics of the Handmade","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary craft, art and design are inseparable from the flows of production and consumption under global capitalism. \u003ci\u003eThe New Politics of the Handmade\u003c\/i\u003e features twenty-three voices who critically rethink the handmade in this dramatically shifting economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe authors examine craft within the conditions of extreme material and economic disparity; a renewed focus on labour and materiality in contemporary art and museums; the political dimensions of craftivism, neoliberalism, and state power; efforts toward urban renewal and sustainability; the use of digital technologies; and craft’s connections to race, cultural identity and sovereignty in texts that criss-cross five continents. They claim contemporary craft as a dynamic critical position for understanding the most immediate political and aesthetic issues of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455793479916,"sku":"9781784538248","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/81up4aRRTzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774798957","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-new-politics-of-the-handmade-9781784538248","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}