> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Fiona Hackney > Reference:: https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jaah_00113_1 > Date:: 2024 > Tags:: #warp > WeftLinks:: [[Social value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft is a collective activity that forges trust and belonging]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Two projects, Craftivist Garden and Kotha and Kantha, use craft as a way to connect people and share stories. ### Highlights The article argues that thinking about the workshop as a ‘holding form’ and/or ‘bloom space’ and paying attention to the stories told and artefacts (knowledge objects) made in workshops is vital to understanding their value. CG examined how stitching might function both as an immersive and critical means of sharing and reflecting on making and health, while KK asked how a form of Bengali stitch practice might act as a well-being strategy and cross-cultural device.