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CRAFTS RESEARCH HUB GOES LIVE

The Crafts Council has launched an online research hub, packed full of craft research links and resources.  Drawing together research reports, blogs, conference proceedings and online discussion groups with links to academic research centres and major public sector research agencies, the hub is set to become a significant resource for contemporary craft research in the UK.

The research hub enables the nature and value of contemporary craft to be explored from a range of social, economic and cultural perspectives, invaluable for craft makers, teachers and other sector professionals, as well as students and researchers. Currently in its pilot phase, the hub will be updated and developed over the coming year in response to feedback.

Visit the hub at http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/professional-development/research-and-information

 

The Crafts Council is keen to hear your views on this pilot site.  Please contact us with ideas for improvement, and let us know of links we have missed!

Send your comments to Rachel Brockhurst, Research and Information Officer, at [log in to unmask]

 

NEW CRAFTS COUNCIL RESEARCH STRATEGY FOR 2009 TO 2012

The first of its kind produced by the Crafts Council, the new Research Strategy will develop a wide and ambitious programme of research activity over the next three years, helping to fulfil the Crafts Council's remit to position the UK as the global centre for the making, seeing and collecting of contemporary craft.

This year alone, the research programme will investigate the contribution made by contemporary craft to other sectors of the economy including fashion, film and tourism;  at consumer trends influencing the contemporary craft market;  and at the transformative impact of craft in community and healthcare settings.  Specific planned research projects include Crafting
Futures, a craft-specific bolt-on to the Creative Graduates Creative Futures study of graduate career paths in art and design, and a review of the methodology for collating baseline sector impact and profiling data.

In addition, the strategy includes plans for:

- An online research hub, including online research & policy briefings;

- Improved support for academic research centres and programmes to engage with the private and public sectors;

- An annual Crafts Council conference and a UK Craft Research Network, launching in June 2010.

The programme overall will inform the Crafts Council's engagement in the public policy arena and its ongoing development of progressive policies and programmes, whilst also supporting partner organizations and contemporary craft makers in their work.

Download the Research Strategy at http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/professional-development/research-and-information/our-research/

To discuss the strategy or individual research projects, please contact Dr Karen Yair, Research & Information Manager, at
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To stay in touch with our work, sign up for regular e-newsletters, including research and policy briefings, at http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/global/e-bulletin/

 

 

Rachel Brockhurst

Research & Information Officer

 

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