### Record Type:: [[Claims]] ValueofCraft:: [[Migrant and refugee value of craft]] ### Outline When one is away from one's homeland for an extended amount of time and unable to return, creating something tangible that symbolises home allows an active way of sustaining the psychological and functional attachment to one’s roots.  The International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted a 2018 assessment of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, and recognised that underlying the scourge of their mass exodus is the risk of detrimental psychosocial impact stemming from, among other factors, a loss of cultural identity. This gave rise to the Rohingya Cultural Memory Centre (RCMC), a community space to preserve cultural memories, traditions and practices among Rohingya refugees (Yap, 2021). Rattan weaving artisan Nurul Islam makes doloin, a hand- or cattle-operated rice threshing machine used by Rohingya farmers back in their homeland before they were mechanised, for the centre. “We are very happy to see our cultural heritage being kept alive at RCMC, for our children and future generations to learn about,” he says. ### References %% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ```dataview list summary from [[Claim - Craft provides a way of sustaining cultural attachments to home]] where contains(file.path,"Warp") ``` %% - [[Warp/A Handwoven Textile Narrates a Karenni Refugee Woman’s Journeys to Resettlement in Massachusetts.md|A Handwoven Textile Narrates a Karenni Refugee Woman’s Journeys to Resettlement in Massachusetts]]: This is a case study of a Karenni refugee who uses weaving to navigate her refugee journey. - [[Warp/Afghan refugees continue their crafts in various forms.md|Afghan refugees continue their crafts in various forms]]: Afghan refugees scattered across India, Malaysia and Pakistan continue their crafts in various forms, as a path to provide income; keep their traditions alive when the original context of practices are no longer accessible; see the craft knowledge evolving in new environments to reach new audience. - [[Warp/Commemorating home - Art as place making, an artist’s narration.md|Commemorating home - Art as place making, an artist’s narration]]: Storymaking by hand helps Sri Lankan refugees tell their stories. - [[Warp/Craft design and product development training with Hong Kong based refugees.md|Craft design and product development training with Hong Kong based refugees]]: In a cultural-based design training for displaced craftspeople in Hong Kong, participants are encouraged to engage with their cultural roots in the creative process and question their own social identity in developing product prototypes. - [[Warp/Displaced Tuareg blacksmith sustain their hereditary caste through crafts.md|Displaced Tuareg blacksmith sustain their hereditary caste through crafts]]: Crafts are important for displaced peoples of Central Sahel region to survive in their host countries. - [[Warp/Indego Africa’s Basket Weaving, Rwanda and Ghana.md|Indego Africa’s Basket Weaving, Rwanda and Ghana]]: Craft and business training at Mahama Refugee Camp by Indego Africa provides livelihood and builds a production network (through cooperatives) within the camp. - [[Warp/Refugees in towns.md|Refugees in towns]]: The Refugees In Towns project has been involved in the practical use of crafts (embroideries, stitching) as an efficient medium for refugees to address trauma and issues related to displacement and resettlement as well as a tool for integration. - [[Warp/Tapestry of home.md|Tapestry of home]]: A participatory textile art project in London explores concepts of home-making of Hong Kong migrant communities. - [[Warp/The Fabric of My Life.md|The Fabric of My Life]]: Durable clothing can help tell the stories of displacement by refugees. - [[Warp/The arts in refugee camps - ten good reasons.md|The arts in refugee camps - ten good reasons]]: Craft as a creative expression shares the benefits of arts generally for refugees. - [[Warp/Weaving a Safety Net - How Embroidering Links Two Waves of Armenian Refugees.md|Weaving a Safety Net - How Embroidering Links Two Waves of Armenian Refugees]]: Following years of exile and trauma in the early 20th century, families of Armenian genocide survivors retained memories as traces within their crafts, serving as a tactile remembrance of space and time. %% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %%