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  • Cræft

  • An Inquiry into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
  • By: Alexander Langlands
  • Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
  • Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)
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In the midst of a seemingly endless supply of mass-manufactured products, we find ourselves nostalgic for products bearing the mark of authenticity - handmade furniture, artisan breads, craft beers, and other goods produced by human hands. What often goes unnoticed is the transformation of our understanding of craft - or rather, craeft - in the wake of industrialization.  

In Craeft, archaeologist and medieval historian Alexander Langlands argues that our modern understanding of craft only skims the surface. His journeys from his home in Wales have taken him along the Atlantic seaboard of Europe, from Spain through France and England to Scotland and Iceland in search of the lost meaning of craft. 

Reaching as far back as the Neolithic period, he combines deep history with scientific analyses and personal anecdotes. We follow the author as he herds sheep, keeps bees, tans hides, spins wool, and thatches roofs. We learn scythes work much better on tall grass than the latest model of weed trimmers, that you can spin wool using a large wooden spoon, and that it was once considered criminal to work on animal hides before a requisite 12-month soak.
©2017 Alexander Langlands (P)2018 Tantor
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I don’t think the author has the philosophical nous to really deal with his concept of craeft in any real depth. It feels a little self regarding with way to much “I did this” and “I did” that to illustrate his idea anecdotally. I don’t think it’s intentional though.

Maybe the concept is a little to thin or just underdeveloped but I can’t really see much difference between ‘craeft’ and being just really into your craft.

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