Crafting Change
Crafting Change

Author: Barrett Williams

Publisher: Barrett Williams

Published: 2024-08-20

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13:

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**Crafting Change Transform Your Life and Community through Upcycling** Discover the transformative power of upcycling with "Crafting Change," a comprehensive guide designed to elevate your eco-conscious living while making a charitable impact. This inspiring eBook takes you step-by-step through the art of upcycling, unveiling the boundless potential of reutilizing everyday materials for social good. Begin your journey by understanding the essence of upcycling and its significant environmental, economic, and social benefits. Learn how to start your own upcycling projects by identifying suitable materials and acquiring the necessary tools and techniques. This book provides detailed insights and easy-to-follow instructions, making it perfect for both beginners and seasoned crafters. Get inspired by real-life case studies of local upcycling projects and learn how to collaborate with local charities to make a tangible impact in your community. From transforming old clothes into new fashion for clothing drives to refurbishing furniture for families in need, "Crafting Change" empowers you to use your creativity for a cause. Explore chapters dedicated to upcycling for education, creating school supplies and learning tools from household items. Dive into sections on shelter, where you can learn to reclaim materials and create simple furniture for those in transition. Each chapter provides practical insights into partnering with various organizations to amplify your impact. Unlock the potential of upcycling electronics to create assistive technologies and discover the art of crafting unique pieces for healing spaces. This eBook also walks you through hosting workshops, engaging your community, and sharing your upcycling stories through social media. "Crafting Change" isn't just about projects; it's about creating a sustainable business model that supports charitable causes. Learn how to set up a sales platform for your upcycled goods, develop pricing and marketing strategies, and effectively donate proceeds to organizations in need. Measure and celebrate your impact with tips on tracking project outcomes and sharing success stories. Reflect on your journey and inspire others to join the movement of creating change, one upcycled item at a time. Embark on a rewarding journey of creativity and compassion with "Crafting Change." Start making a difference today.

Crafting Change
Crafting Change

Author: Jessica Vitkus

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2022-10-18

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0374313334

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An informative and inspiring exploration of craftivism — the intersection of handicraft and activism — designed to encourage young creators while providing meaningful historical context. You don’t have to be old enough to vote to drive political change. In Crafting Change, author, TV producer, and craftivist Jessica Vitkus explores the rich lineage of craftivism, with profiles of craftivisit icons, many of whom are women and people of color. This YA non-fiction book shines a light on artist-driven projects like This Is Not a Gun – workshops where people sculpt objects the police have mistaken for a gun in fatal shootings -- alongside creative movements that mobilized entire communities, like the AIDS Memorial Quilt and the Pussyhat project for the 2017 Women’s March. This engaging narrative combines compelling artist interviews with full-color photos of creators and crafts alike. A perfect book for teens who want to channel their creativity into political action, with ideas for simple projects sure to appeal to budding craftivists.

Makers, Crafters, Educators
Makers, Crafters, Educators

Author: Elizabeth Garber

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-09-04

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9781138896192

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Makers, Crafters, Educators brings the do-it-yourself (DIY) ethos of maker and crafter movements into educational environments, and examines the politics of cultural change that undergird them. Addressing making and crafting in relationship to community and schooling practices, culture and place, this edited collection positions making as an agent of change in education. In the volume¿s five sections¿Play and Hacking, Access and Equity, Interdependence and Interdisciplinarity, Cultural and Environmental Sustainability, and Labor and Leisure¿authors from around the world present a collage of issues and practices connecting object making, participatory culture, and socio-cultural transformation. Offering gateways into cultural practices from six continents, this volume explores the participatory culture of maker and crafter spaces in education and reveals how community sites hold the promise of such socio-cultural transformation.

A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Manual for Crafting Exquisite Angular Projects
A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Manual for Crafting Exquisite Angular Projects

Author: Dr. Poornima G. Naik, Dr. Girish R. Naik

Publisher: Shashwat Publication

Published: 2024-06-27

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9360872423

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The book, "A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Manual for Crafting Exquisite Angular Projects" stands as a significant contribution to the realm of Full Stack application development using MEAN stack technologies. Authored with a focus on providing a valuable learning resource, the book promises to be an indispensable guide for aspiring developers seeking proficiency in MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, and Node.js. Delving into the intricacies of the MEAN stack, the authors emphasize its unique advantages, such as a unified JavaScript technology stack that facilitates seamless collaboration between front-end and back-end development. Noteworthy is the stack's reputation for scalability, flexibility, and performance, attributing MongoDB's NoSQL database for scalability, Node.js for efficient handling of concurrent requests, Express.js for streamlined web application building, and Angular for structured front-end development. The book recognizes the open-source nature of the MEAN stack, highlighting the vibrant community support that ensures continuous improvement, robust assistance, and a wealth of resources for developers. Tailored specifically for students, the resource aims to provide step-by-step guidance, empowering learners to translate theoretical knowledge into practical applications. With a structured approach, the book enables students to skillfully apply their conceptual understanding, ultimately fostering the development of real-world applications using MEAN stack technologies. As the MEAN stack continues to play a pivotal role in the IT industry, this book serves as a comprehensive tool for students, offering the skills needed to thrive in the dynamic landscape of modern application development.

Crafting Democracy
Crafting Democracy

Author: Nicolai N. Petro

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9780801442940

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Shifting the focus -- Culture, myth, and symbols.

Crafting Dissent
Crafting Dissent

Author: Hinda Mandell

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-10-25

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1538118408

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Pussyhats, typically crafted with yarn, quite literally created a sea of pink the day after Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States in January 2017, as the inaugural Women’s March unfolded throughout the U.S., and sister cities globally. But there was nothing new about women crafting as a means of dissent. Crafting Dissent: Handicraft as Protest from the American Revolution to the Pussyhats is the first book that demonstrates how craft, typically involving the manipulation of yarn, thread and fabric, has also been used as a subversive tool throughout history and up to the present day, to push back against government policy and social norms that crafters perceive to be harmful to them, their bodies, their families, their ideals relating to equality and human rights, and their aspirations. At the heart of the book is an exploration for how craft is used by makers to engage with the rhetoric and policy shaping their country’s public sphere. The book is divided into three sections: "Crafting Histories," Politics of Craft," and "Crafting Cultural Conversations." Three features make this a unique contribution to the field of craft activism and history: The inclusion of diverse contributors from a global perspective (including from England, Ireland, India, New Zealand, Australia) Essay formats including photo essays, personal essays and scholarly investigations The variety of professional backgrounds among the book’s contributors, including academics, museum curators, art therapists, small business owners, provocateurs, artists and makers. This book explains that while handicraft and craft-motivated activism may appear to be all the rage and “of the moment,” a long thread reveals its roots as far back as the founding of American Democracy, and at key turning points throughout the history of nations throughout the world.

Crafting in the World
Crafting in the World

Author: Clare Burke

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-11-09

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 3319650882

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This volume expands understandings of crafting practices, which in the past was the major relational interaction between the social agency of materials, technology, and people, in co-creating an emergent ever-changing world. The chapters discuss different ways that crafting in the present is useful in understanding crafting experiences and methods in the past, including experiments to reproduce ancient excavated objects, historical accounts of crafting methods and experiences, craft revivals, and teaching historical crafts at museums and schools. Crafting in the World is unique in the diversity of its theoretical and multidisciplinary approaches to researching crafting, not just as a set of techniques for producing functional objects, but as social practices and technical choices embodying cultural ideas, knowledge, and multiple interwoven social networks. Crafting expresses and constitutes mental schemas, identities, ideologies, and cultures. The multiple meanings and significances of crafting are explored from a great variety of disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, archaeology, sociology, education, psychology, women’s studies, and ethnic studies. This book provides a deep temporal range and a global geographical scope, with case studies ranging from Europe, Africa, and Asia to the Americas and a global internet website for selling home crafted items.

Crafting Gender
Crafting Gender

Author: Eli Bartra

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2003-10

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780822331704

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DIVAnalyzes Latin American and Caribbean folk art from a feminist perspective, considering the issue of gender in the production and circulation of popular art produced by women./div

Crafting Transnational Policing
Crafting Transnational Policing

Author: Andrew Goldsmith

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2007-11-16

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1847313973

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The book examines the phenomenon of crafting transnational policing. By this term is meant the different forms of engagement in policing reform by international donors, national governments, foreign police and law enforcement agencies in the domestic policing agencies and programs of recipient countries. It includes, inter alia, peace-keeping in post-conflict situations, reconstruction and capacity-building as part of nation- or state-building exercises, and the provision of technical assistance in relation to certain aspects of law enforcement. In each instance, there is a cross-border provision of resources with a view to shaping the kind of policing provided in recipient nations. Why do some countries engage in these activities? Why has policing become a preferred form of foreign policy engagement in some countries? What forms of policing development are provided? How are they delivered? And how are they received? How should these kinds of assistance and/or interventions be conducted in future? In this regard, is there a non-negotiable 'core' of good policing that needs to be developed and nurtured as an integral part of all defensible transnational policing engagements? These are some of the questions raised by the contributions to this book. The book arises primarily from papers presented at a workshop held in Onati, Spain in July 2004 on the emergence of a global constabulary ethic. The book has also been supplemented by two solicited chapters.