28 min listen
Craft and Community
FromThinking Allowed
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Apr 27, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Is DIY culture and home improvement linked to the ideals of John Ruskin? David Gauntlett, author of Making is Connecting believes it is and he contends that bloggers and online enthusiasts are the inheritors of Britain's creative culture - making communities through their craft in the same way that medieval stone masons used to do. But is posting a skate-boarding dog on YouTube really comparable to carving a gargoyle on a gothic cathedral? The sociologist Richard Sennett joins Laurie Taylor and David Gauntlett to discuss making things, creating communities and what counts as craftsmanship.
Producer: Charlie Taylor.
Producer: Charlie Taylor.
Released:
Apr 27, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
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