A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Crafting the City: Promoting Heritage Awareness Through Craft Making in a Historical Town
Authors: Anna Kouhia, Marja-Leena Rönkkö
Publisher: Penn State Libraries Open Publishing
Publication year: 2020
Journal: International Journal of Education and the Arts
Journal acronym: IJEA
Volume: 21
Issue: 33
First page : 1
Last page: 25
Number of pages: 25
ISSN: 1529-8094
eISSN: 1529-8094
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26209/ijea21n33
Web address : http://doi.org/10.26209/ijea21n33
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/50114670
This paper reports on a project designed to promote the understanding of the World
Heritage site of Old Rauma, Finland, with the help of craft activities. Through
fieldwork and an analysis of the data collected from two craft interventions, the paper
examines how craft making can serve as a medium to celebrate a sense of place and
inspire people to deliberate the role that heritage occupies in their everyday lives.
Based on the study, it can be concluded that attention needs to be placed on the
teaching and learning of creative practices in order to contribute to the makers’ perceptions of placeness and to sustain local development as well as to promote
heritage in a historical town.
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