Writing LifeNo. 14: An Interview with Hélène Mialet by Catelijne Coopmans
Image 1: Hélène’s home office. The pandemic has revealed the fragility of our lives and the vulnerability of our bodies. It has …
Writing Life No. 13: An interview with Matthew Wolf-Meyer by Matthew Wolf-Meyer
From the bottom left, clockwise: my writing board (which currently has a note from my kids and a note about a future …
Writing Life No. 12: An interview with Sienna Craig by Yana Stainova
Image 1. Photo of Rauner Special Collections library at Dartmouth College, taken from the perspective of Sienna’s favorite table. Photo by Eli Burakian, …
Writing Life No. 11: An interview with Susan Frohlick by Amy Speier
Figure 1. Sue’s writing space in the beautiful Syilx (Okanagan) Nation territory. With Scooter, the family’s unruly cat. The development of our …
Writing Life No. 10: An interview with Sebastjan Vörös by Mareike Smolka
Figure 1: Sebastjan’s philosophy notebook and writing space in Ljubljana, Slovenia “Curiously, our letters turned out to be not a mere sum …
Writing Life No. 9: An interview with Danya Fast by Robert Lorway
It is 11 am in Vancouver. Danya sits at a desk beside a large window that looks out onto tree tops and …
Writing Life No. 5: An interview with Robert Desjarlais by Michelle Charette
Photo by Robert Desjarlais “British poet W.H Auden suggested that true poets are those who like ‘hanging around words listening to what …
Writing Life No. 3: An interview with Janelle Taylor by Anna Harris
Figure 1: Janelle’s chair, with writing and knitting projects underway The conversation began on a summer day in a 13th Century chateau, …
Writing Life No. 2: An interview with Adia Benton by Patrick Mbullo
Figure 1: Adia’s writing space “A special thanks to all the elders who ever told me to learn to be still. Research …
Writing Life No. 1: An interview with Rachel Prentice by Andrea Wojcik
Figure 1: Rachel’s writing space with friend Jasper (2007-2019) (Photograph by Rachel Prentice) Rachel E. Prentice is a no muss, no fuss …
Amy Binning takes the Page 99 test
Just clinging to the end of page 99 in my dissertation is a tentative question: “but should it really be that the …
Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth takes the p. 99 test
Opening to page 99 of Finding the Singing Spruce: Craft Labor, Global Forests, and Musical Instrument Makers in Appalachia, you’ll find my reflections …
Two Collections of Florida Seminole Dolls
Since beginning the social distancing era, I have taken on a small, personal project to photograph and share two collections of Florida …
Remembered Visits to Seminole and Miccosukee Country
Some readers of Shreds and Patches know that I just lost my father KBJ (1935-2020). Others know that I am presently returning …
A Cooperative Craft Survey in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Part 1
A note on photographs. Here just a few photographs from the first day of our May 2019 travel in Yunnan are presented. …
CFP: Studying Traditional Crafts: Goals and Methods in Higher Education
Here is a call for papers for an exciting conference in Estonia. The hosts are wonderful colleagues whom I met while visiting …
Material Culture Journalism, 7
The Material Culture students do not know about Material Culture Journalism yet. Maybe this week I’ll mention it to them. Day one …
Material Culture Journalism, 3
Thanks to all the friends sharing the material culture journalism. Here is a new batch. The passing of Shan Goshorn is particularly …
Google Celebrates Native Artist in November 9th Doodle
A guest post by Emily Buhrow Rogers. A carved bear by Amanda Crowe (Eastern Band Cherokee) from the collections of the Mathers …
Projit Bihari Mukharji’s Doctoring Traditions: Ayurveda, Small Technologies, and Braided Sciences by Marshall Kramer
Doctoring Traditions: Ayurveda, Small Technologies, and Braided Sciences Projit Bihari Mukharji University of Chicago Press, 2016. 376 pages. In a sequel …
Fieldwork: Highlights from the Textile Group
This post in the recent series on December 2017 research and travel in Guangxi, China was written by Carrie Hertz, who also …
Craft fatigue / Artisanal exhaustion?
One of the things we are watching at Culturematic HQ is whether the artisanal theme is beginning to run out of steam. …
Visualising the past: crafting respectability in Seychelles and London #ThinkingVisually
In some research contexts, it is all but impossible to neglect the visual. Prior to beginning research on knowledge and intimacy in …
On the Craft of Writing w/ Dr. Anita Hannig
How do academics write for a variety of audiences? Is routine a necessary part of creating? How many times will Ryan mention …