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Gold and green forests : Crafted life stories about Canadian Goldenrod and elm trees
Get PDFSweden\u27s fauna and flora are constantly changing. Humans have not only deliberately promoted and introduced new species in horticulture, agriculture and forestry, they have also acted as a vector for the introduction of alien species through, for example, transportation and food. When these species spread rapidly and affect biodiversity, they are deemed ‘invasive alien species’. This artistic research project explores and articulates how humans, as part of a system where nature and culture meet, affect complex functioning ecosystems through the movement of species. The starting point is the iconic elm tree and how its cultural and natural ecosystems have been wiped out in large parts of Europe by the invasive fungus Ophistoma novo ulmi. With the extinction of the elm come ecological and cultural losses. Those losses are examined and interpreted in this work, in a dialogue with nature and with people. At the same time, another species is explored, the Canadian goldenrod, which, unlike the elm, is expanding rapidly. With these explorations, life stories about the elm will be created not only for our collective memory, but also for speculation about what happens when a new and invasive alien species, such as the Canadian goldenrod, spreads. The form of my narrative is based in materials, crafts and objects. It is primarily the objects and the process that are the carriers of the stories. As a ceramicist, I use clay as a sketching material, binder and a tool for documentation. These species, the elm and the goldenrod, constitute the materiality that are part of the exploration and creation
Innovation in Estonian heritage-based knitting: The case of embroidered gloves
Get PDFInnovation is an intentionally introduced significant and positive change to an existent practice. In crafts, innovation is challenging because, by nature, crafts are based on traditions and collective knowledge; they involve practising something the way it has always been practiced. If anything changes, it is copied rapidly by other craftspeople. In this article, I explain innovation in traditional glove-knitting through the concept of transformation of the tradition, and I analyse the case using a method called technique-concept-utility-structure-material (TCUSM), which was introduced by Adhi Nugraha in 2010. According to this method, one must know the tradition thoroughly in order to make conscious and justifiable changes to it. One must compare and explain what is traditional and what is new in one’s products. I combine this method with an artistic autoethnographic approach. Within my personal practice, the most significant change to the original involves combining and borrowing aesthetic elements from other traditional textiles or developing my own combinations of patterns and colours. First, I give a short overview of the history of embroidered gloves in Estonia, then demonstrate, with the help of explanations and photographs, contemporary gloves, made by me
Field Method for Characterization of Deciduous Wooden Shingles
Get PDFIn the Nordic countries, a major part of the built heritage is constructed of wood and on churches it is still common for the roofing to consist of shingles. In the 20th century, there was a paradigm shift when the heritage authorities made new standards where, for example, the variety of species used throughout history was replaced by pine with sapwood. Today, it is evident that the broken traditions have resulted in roofings with shorter life spans (Göllas & Lindblad, 2021). Further, changes in forestry during the last century made old mature pines, appropriate for shingles, a scarcity. Until last year, it was common that wood for shingles was imported from Russia and northern Finland, which is questionable from more than one perspective. In a project by the Craft Laboratory, the aim is to reclaim traditional know-how through craft research. Old built-in shingle roofs are examined, old forestry and building literature is inventoried and tradition bearers are interviewed. Several of these sources put forward oak and aspen as species well suited for long-lasting shingle roofing. The focus of the exhibition is the development of a field method in which we present features to define wood species on the weathered surfaces of shingles using sight and touch characterization. A built-in roof with both aspen and oak shingles in Tönnersjö church in Halland will serve as an example
Sensing the Rhythm : Analysing human and non-human movement in a glassblowing process
Get PDFGlassblowing is a craft in which both human and material movement are essential. However, what kind of movement is required in glassblowing, and why does that movement happen? This article presents a practice-led case study conducted in a glassblowing studio. During a glassblowing session, clear drinking glass blanks are blown in a wooden turn mould. The process of glassblowing is documented on video and analysed using the visual data. Additionally, diary notes and participant observation are used to understand and contextualise video data more profoundly. The analysis focuses on the movement of the two main actants of the process: the human movement of the glassblower and the non-human movement of the hot glass. Altogether, six categories were identified to represent the human and material activity. This article concludes that the movement under investigation is relational between the glassblower and the hot glass, and it happens as a consequence of the glassblowers’ situated embodied knowledge. Furthermore, we discovered that research in the processes of glassblowing offers a rich ground for practice-led research that adopts relational ontology and sociomateriality as its theoretical perspectives. The purpose of this study is to fortify the craft of glassblowing as a vital practice in the fields of art, design, and craft
Leire og keramikk i norske læreplaner : i perioden 1922 til 2020
Get PDFThe production of ceramics is among the oldest human skills, and the cultural materials clay and ceramics have been included in Norwegian curricula for about a hundred years. But during this period, the emphasis in the curricula has shifted. Therefore, this study aims to elucidate to what extent, in what way and in which academic context the words clay and ceramics have been used in the Norwegian curricula in the period 1922 to 2020. The data material included in the study are Norwegian curricula that during this period relate to clay as a material for play, clay as a material in craft tradition and clay as a material for artistic expression. The curricula are examined through textual analysis based on Goodlad and Gundem\u27s curriculum theories. The results show that there have been significant variations in the references to clay in the curricula, and in what clay is related to. Apart from the fact that clay is always mentioned in the Primary school curricula, there is no common thread through the plans that shows a consistent connection with the three traditions of the use of clay examined in this study; material for play; material in crafts or as artistic material. The usage seems inconsistent and random. The study also shows that in the beginning of the period use of the material clay had a different development in the school subjects than drawing, textile work and woodwork. In the first half of this period, material play and free modelling with clay is mentioned as a working method in interdisciplinary work. In the various curricula, we can also see an alternation between clay as a basis for play, clay as a material related to craft traditions or clay as a medium for artistic expression.Framstilling av keramikk er blant de eldste menneskelige ferdighetene, og kulturmaterialene leire og keramikk har vært med i norske læreplaner i om lag hundre år. Men i løpet av denne tiden har fokus i læreplanene skiftet. Derfor har denne studien som mål å belyse i hvilken grad, på hvilken måte og i hvilken faglig kontekst ordene leire og keramikk har vært brukt i de norske læreplanene fra perioden 1922 til 2020. Det inkluderte datamaterialet er norske læreplaner som i denne perioden forholder seg til leire som materiale for lek, leire som håndverkstradisjonog leire som materiale for kunstneriske uttrykk. Læreplanene er undersøkt gjennom en tekstanalyse med utgangspunkt i Goodlad og Gundem sine læreplanteorier. Resultatene viser at det har vært betydelige svingninger i referansene til leire i læreplanene, og i hva leire relateres til. Bortsett fra at leire alltid nevnes i forbindelse med småskolen, er det ingen rød tråd gjennom planene som viser et konsekvent forhold til de tre tradisjonene for bruk av leire som undersøkes i denne studien; materiale for lek; materiale i håndverk eller som kunstnerisk materiale. Bruken fremstår som inkonsekvent og tilfeldig. Studien viser også at leire fra starten av perioden har hatt en annen inngang i fagutviklingen enn tegning, tekstil og tre. I første halvdel av den undersøkte tidsperioden har leire en posisjon i tverrfaglig arbeid med fri modellering og materiallek som arbeidsmetode. I de ulike planene kan vi ellers se en veksling mellom leire som utgangspunkt for lek, leire som materiale knyttet til håndverkstradisjoner eller leire som medium for kunstneriske uttrykk
On following and becoming a follower: A phenomenological analysis
Get PDFThis paper uses phenomenological analysis to consider the phenomenon of becoming a follower. The data includes my field notes from mediated encounters with three of the most-subscribed YouTube content creators, as well as my personal recollections about these experiences, which are interspersed as event memories throughout my notes. Analyzing my event memories of these encounters enables me to follow my affective relationship to these YouTubers and their content, to untangle some of these knobby multiplicities and map the possibilities of following as they emerge. As I follow following around, as a researcher and (perhaps) as a follower myself, I reflect on the role of algorithms shaping who, what, and how we follow online media. Lastly, the methodological ramifications of a researcher becoming a follower–how following and researching bleed into each other, and why this matters–are also explored in this paper
Becoming Artography: Movements of possibility in the art-making process of a Theatre-In-Education programme
Get PDFThis study focuses on mapping Theatre-In-Education (TIE) practices through the research methodology artography. The study is inspired by agential realism, using diffraction as a way of reading different insights and discoveries with an artographic lens and how these multiple dimensions intra-act as an entanglement. The article provides an example of TIE artists co-labouring their practice as research by exploring the entangled intra-action between the positions ‘artist, researcher, teacher’. This study aims to explore how the multiple perspectives offered by an artographer’s lens contribute to significant knowledge in the art-making process of the TIE programme The Clearing. Learning for the TIE artists involves moving in and through spaces of possibilities folding and unfolding new understandings, a becoming intensity of an entangled artist, researcher, teacher. The process of becoming artography in TIE produced movements of possibility in four evolving spaces: Lingering in-between, Transformation and affect, Knowing and being, and Encouraging diffractions. The study also produced artistic and pedagogical principles regarding dramaturgical thinking concerning how to structure an aesthetic learning process and how it is facilitated
En utdanningsreforms møte med ulike skolekulturer og forståelsesrammer
Get PDFThis article aims to contribute knowledge about how different school cultures and vocational teachers\u27 various educational and vocational backgrounds have influenced the interpretation of the curriculum in a new educational program. Education reforms adopted at the national level are interpreted and implemented in the context of each school\u27s or teacher team\u27s culture and understanding. As a result, different practices may develop in schools within the same educational program. The article draws on data from group interviews with teacher teams on vg1 Information Technology and Media Production (ITMP) in four schools. On the one hand, the educational program is a new establishment. On the other hand, it consists of elements from the educational provision of ICT service and Media Production/Media and Communication, with their traditions, characteristics, and similarities. The technological development will require significant adjustments in vocational education in the coming years. The study contributes to knowledge about the conditions characterising individual teachers\u27 and teacher teams\u27 encounters with ongoing reform processes in vocational education. Using the second-generation activity theory, we analyse the conditions characterising the implementation work in four ITMP departments. The results show that the teachers\u27 education, professional background, and traditions in the previous education programs have influenced the interpretation of the curriculum. However, the study indicates that the collaboration culture within each department has been most decisive in how the teachers experienced the first phase of the implementation work.Hensikten med denne artikkelen er å bidra med kunnskap om hvordan ulike skolekulturer og yrkesfaglæreres ulike utdannings- og yrkesbakgrunn har preget deres tolkning av læreplanen i et nytt utdanningsprogram. Utdanningsreformer som er vedtatt på nasjonalt nivå fortolkes og gjennomføres i møte med den enkelte skoles eller lærerteams kultur og forståelsesramme. Det kan derfor utvikle seg ulike praksiser på skoler innenfor det samme utdanningsprogrammet. Artikkelen bygger på data fra gruppeintervjuer med lærerteam på vg1 informasjonsteknologi og medieproduksjon (IM) på fire utvalgte skoler. Utdanningsprogrammet er en nyetablering, men består også av elementer fra utdanningstilbudene IKT-servicefag og medieproduksjon/medier og kommunikasjon, som har sine tradisjoner, særegenheter og fellestrekk. Den teknologiske utviklingen vil kreve store omlegginger i yrkesopplæringen de kommende årene, og studien bidrar med kunnskap om hvilke forhold som preger enkeltlæreres og lærerteams møte med pågående omstillingsprosesser i yrkesopplæringen. Ved bruk av annen generasjons aktivitetsteori analyserer vi hvilke forhold som har hatt betydning for fire IM-avdelingers møte med den nye læreplanen. Resultatene viser at lærernes utdanning, yrkesbakgrunn og tradisjoner i de tidligere utdanningsprogrammene har preget tolkningen av læreplanen. Imidlertid indikerer studien at samarbeidskulturen på den enkelte avdeling har vært mest avgjørende for hvordan lærerne har opplevd den første fasen av implementeringsarbeidet
Discourses of democratic education in the preparation of teachers for international contexts: an analysis of curriculum documents
Get PDFThis article offers a critical and comparative view of democratic education as expressed in curriculum documents of ten teacher education programmes aimed at educating teachers for international contexts. Democracy and democratic education are concepts with contested meanings, and I use the discourses of democratic education identified by Sant (2019) as an analytical tool for mapping the understandings or approaches present in the documents. Intercultural competence, global citizenship, and International Mindedness are contested and overlapping concepts which intersect with these democratic discourses. The tension between a neoliberal discourse and a traditional focus on international-mindedness and global citizenship is often described as characteristic of international schools. The “internationalist” ethos dominates course descriptions and learning objectives. While several discourses of democratic education are present, the focus is mainly individual and geared towards intercultural understanding rather than democratic competences. The idea of the student as a citizen beyond the limits of the classroom walls is not very visible, nor are concepts of power and privilege