--- EnteredBy: Kevin Murray DateEntered: 2022-03-16 Comment: Publish: true --- >[!NOTE]+ Meta Author:: [[Richard Sennett]] Reference:: Sennett, Richard. 2008. __The Craftsman__. Vol. 1. London: Allen Lane. Date:: 2008 Tags:: WeftLinks:: [[Social value of craft]] ### Summary Richard Sennett argues for the qualities the craft instils that play a positive role in social relations. One of these is the patience learnt from working with materials, which he believes can translate to working with others. > "Material challenges like working with resistance or managing ambiguity are instructive in understanding the resistances people harbor to one another or the uncertain boundaries between people."