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Hand Made With Love: Africa's artisans and the quest for authenticity

by Katherine Ladd
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781518880162
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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  • Pages: 166
  • Original Price: USD 25.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 232 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): History & Criticism and Development / Sustainable Development

"A devastating critique of conventional aid wisdom." The author challenges the way western aid is delivered in cultural sector contexts. Artisans in Africa, she says, make objects for money, not for love - they are part of pan-African and global economic networks. Africa needs home-grown entrepreneurs who understand their own desires and aspirations, not western aid workers who think craft is 'uplifting, ' or academics who use Africa as a kind of research playground. Katherine Ladd delivers an ethnographic analysis of the motivations of western aid, which is firmly rooted in the history of the west's own love affair with the 'idea' of Africa.

Katherine Ladd is a writer and cultural historian who has researched design and textiles in Africa. She gained her MA and PhD at the University of Brighton's Faculty of Arts and lectured in the history and theory of art and design for many years. Her background is in graphic design and product design, having co-founded an architectural lighting consultancy and design manufacturing company. Her latest book is Hand Made With Love (Artifact).

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