Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics
Lead Research Organisation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Department Name: Anthropology
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| Geoffrey Gowlland (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Gowlland G
(2015)
Style, Skill and Modernity in the Zisha Pottery of China
in The Journal of Modern Craft
Gowlland G
(2009)
Learning to See Value: Exchange and the Politics of Vision in a Chinese Craft
in Ethnos
Gowlland G
(2012)
Learning Craft Skills in China: Apprenticeship and Social Capital in an Artisan Community of Practice Learning Craft Skills in China
in Anthropology & Education Quarterly
| Description | The Fellowship enabled me to publish previous findings of my doctoral research on the history and anthropology of crafts in China. Part of the research addressed the politics of craft in modern China. Few academic studies have addressed crafts and the fate of artisans in China. The research shows how crafts have been politicised in different ways during collectivisation as of the 1950s, and in the current capitalist context, also with reference to the politics of heritage. My research also provided key insights into non-Western modes of apprenticeship learning, including a better understanding of the master-student relationship in Chinese culture, and as it has been transformed in the context of socialism. |
| Exploitation Route | The findings have been used by other acaemics of China, and of crafts, as a unique documentation of a form of craft and its history in modern China. Issues of heritage in China addressed in my publications might inform museums and other cultural institutions in interactions with cultural institutions in China, and reflecting on their Chinese collections. |
| Sectors | Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Description | My doctoral research provided insights into the history and anthropology of crafts in China. The Fellowship enabled me to prepare an exhibition at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. This disseminated findings to the general public. Publishing on the topic of apprenticeship in China led me to be involved in an inter-disciplinary network on professional learning. My work provided a non-European perspective on apprenticeship learning to these scholars. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2008 |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |