Encountering Craft: Methodological Approaches from Anthropology, Art History, and Design

This book reflects on the methodological challenges and possibilities encountered when researching practices that have been historically defined and classified as ’craft.’

Chandan Bose is a cultural anthropologist who works on craft production in contemporary India. He is Assistant Professor at the Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.

Mira Mohsini (she/her) is a trained cultural anthropologist. She has conducted ethnographic research in India on urban craft economies, with a focus on how Muslim artisans adapt, survive, and create in the midst of multiple intersecting forms of marginalization.