The Silicon Dawn y la resignificación de la artesanía hoy

Abstract

Las artesanías no solo brindan atención a la preservación de la cultura heredada e histórica, sino que también atienden hacia una relación responsable y más sostenible con nuestra cultura material, algo que también está directamente relacionado con nuestra cultura ontológica natural. Situar el foco en este aspecto nos puede hacer sujetos éticos.

Faced with a material culture that promotes consumerism as a way of obtaining satisfaction, I wonder if craftwork can also be applied to modern forms of work and, in general, to the ways of ‘doing’ things in our commitment to material culture. From my point of view, if we get involved with our work in a deeper sense, we could also have a greater empathy with the way others work, perhaps moving from a society of “consumers” to a society of “producers”, as interested and concerned about the skills and working conditions of those who produce things for us, as we expect them to be with ours. This argument focuses on a sustainable material culture and an economic system characterized by a less passive consumerism and a more active production, making, adapting, repairing, sharing where there is much more potential for novelty and pleasure.