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An invented nostalgia

Stating in his preface to The Art of the Novel that the world of theories is not his world, Kundera approaches the polyphonous nature of fiction as a practitioner.[1] He explains that ‘in The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Tereza is staring at herself in the mirror. She wonders what would happen if her nose were [...]

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Utopian resistance

Traditional craft: manufactured nostalgia or grass-roots resistance? implies a methodological dichotomy, which I find frustrating. I can see the point that for the purpose of historical dissemination ‘traditional, with modern form’ (like, for example, in the title of Nicolette Makovicky’s essay in the last issue of Journal of Modern Crafts), is it modern or not, [...]

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Native Funk and Flash (part two)

This is the second part of the post ‘Native Funk and Flash’ by Allison Smith. For the first part, go here.
In 2004, Brooklyn-based artist Ginger Brooks Takahashi initiated a series of quilting forums called An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail, the title taken from a protest poster she found at the San Francisco GLBT Historical Society [...]

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