Dr. Stephanie Mullen Ph.D. 120 Université Private, Room 7069, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9A4, Canada
The Traditional Craft Project is based at the University of Ottawa. Its goal is to track the health of traditional craft in Canada and its transmission from one generation to the next. Data is used to determine which traditional craft skills are thriving, which are borderline and which have disappeared altogether. The project mainly focuses on Canada but also touches on international traditional craft at risk.
The Traditional Craft Project has been developing a database of traditional crafters in Canada over the last several years - updating and adding to it every year. For this Project, traditional craft refers to those craft constructed using traditional material and methods, including clay, wood, fibre, glass, & metal.
The Traditional Craft Project has begun collecting documentation (audio, video, and texts) that demonstrate how each craft is created. This section will also include Canadian as well as International examples of craft at risk, in order to preserve the knowledge for future generations.
The Traditional Craft Project is dedicated to providing information sharing opportunities with other interested academic institutions, individual crafters and craft and cultural associations. A network of such interested parties will begin to be built this year, with the goal of supporting the transmission of craft and cultural knowledge
The Traditional Craft Project is dedicated to providing information sharing opportunities with other interested academic institutions, individual crafters and craft and cultural associations. A network of such interested parties will begin to be built this year, with the goal of supporting the transmission of craft and cultural knowledge to future generations in Canada and Internationally. Any interested party wishing to participate in this network can email the project directly.
An emphasis throughout this project has been to help develop student leadership skills. These skills include, practically working with quantitative and qualitative data in the field, as well as broader skill sets such as, stakeholder engagement, research and analysis, and public policy development. To date, over 50 youth leadership volunteer positions have been apart of this project.
Photography by: Lisa Mounteer Photography
Copyright © 2019 The Traditional Craft Project - All Rights Reserved.
.jpg/:/rs=h:500,cg:true,m)