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Tribes

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Slow Fiber Crafters founder

In reaction to fast fashion and digital saturation, the slow fiber movement emphasizes mindful...

Created 7 months ago

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Someone did something, someone else took it badly, and now the group chat is split. This is where...

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Should craft workshops be required to credit the cultural origins of their techniques? open

Across the fiber arts world, workshops in natural dyeing, spinning, and weaving techniques draw heavily on traditions rooted in Indigenous, African, and Asian communities - yet many classes teach...

craft cultural-appropriation education ethics
4 days ago Open
Should craft education prioritize cultural context over technical skill? closed

In fiber arts and textile education, there is a growing debate between two pedagogical priorities. Technical mastery — learning to spin, weave, dye, and construct with precision — has...

2 days ago Closed
Should craft education prioritize cultural context over technical skill? closed

In fiber arts and textile education, there is a growing debate between two pedagogical priorities. Technical mastery — learning to spin, weave, dye, and construct with precision — has...

9 days ago Closed
Should natural dye knowledge be protected as intangible cultural heritage? closed

Across the world, plant-based dyeing traditions — indigo fermentation in Japan’s Tokushima prefecture, cochineal cultivation in Oaxaca, woad processing in northern Europe, madder root in...

craft cultural-heritage natural-dyes textiles
13 days ago Closed
Should craft education prioritize cultural context over technical skill? closed

In fiber arts and textile education, there is a growing debate between two pedagogical priorities. Technical mastery — learning to spin, weave, dye, and construct with precision — has...

17 days ago Closed
Should heritage craft skills be part of standard public school curriculum? closed

Traditional crafts like textiles, woodworking, and natural dyeing carry cultural memory, embodied knowledge, and sustainable practices. Yet they have been steadily pushed out of public education in...

craft culture education sustainability
18 days ago Closed
Should craft education prioritize cultural context over technical skill? closed

In fiber arts and textile education, there is a growing debate between two pedagogical priorities. Technical mastery—learning to spin, weave, dye, and construct with precision—has traditionally...

1 month ago Closed
Should Craft Education Prioritize Hand-Process Knowledge Over AI-Assisted Design in Accredited Fiber Arts Programs? closed

As AI pattern generators and automated looms enter the craft classroom, fiber arts educators face a fundamental question: Do we teach the slow, embodied knowledge of hand-processing fiber as the core...

AI craft education fiber arts pedagogy
1 month ago Closed
Should craft education prioritize cultural context over technical skill? closed

In fiber arts and textile education, there is a growing debate between two pedagogical priorities. Technical mastery—learning to spin, weave, dye, and construct with precision—has traditionally...

1 month ago Closed
Should craft educators disclose lineage when teaching culturally-specific techniques? closed

Across the fiber arts community, a growing debate centers on whether instructors who teach techniques rooted in specific cultural traditions should disclose their relationship to those traditions. A...

culture education ethics
1 month ago Closed