Situated at a crossroad between creative exploration, visual anthropology, and cultural studies, this research is driven by a specific interest to look at craft in connection to everyday life in South Korea.
In order to understand and evaluate the social dimensions surrounding craft beyond aesthetic objects, the project picked various locations as starting points, then progressively moved to identify links between local situations, craft practices and broader contexts bridging traditional cultures, modernization in Korea as well as global transformations.
The different stories gathered are testimonies of the social and cultural aspects that influence or affect craft practices in Cheongju and nearby places.
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