A STUDY INTO THE RESILIENCE OF THE CRAFT SECTOR IN EUROPE

The ‘Study into the Resilience of the Craft Sector in Europe’ aims to understand what #resilience means to the different cultures and #craftspeople across #Europe, what makes and could make the #craft sector #resilient now and in the future, and how world-changing events of a global pandemic, a war and a cost of living crisis have impacted the sector and in what ways.

As part of the Study, craft #makers, those delivering craft-related services (e.g. teaching) & people within craft organizations and businesses (e.g. #galleries, #retailers, event organizers, academic / training institutions, consultants) are invited to complete a questionnaire:

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The questionnaire should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Through questionnaire contributions, interviews and focus groups we hope to define the impressive nature of the craft sector and its ability to adapt and evolve even under the most challenging of circumstances.

Commissioned by World Crafts Council Europe, this Study is one of five in the #CraftingTheFuture series co-funded by the #EuropeanUnion.

We are particularly keen to hear from people working in #remote, #rural and #island communities.

Questionnaire responses form part of the wider Study aiming to understand what #resilience means to the different cultures and #craftspeople across Europe; what makes and could make the #craft sector #resilient now and in the future? How have world-changing events of a global pandemic, a war and a cost of living crisis impacted the sector, and in what ways?

Leading the Study, the second in the #CraftingTheFuture series co-funded by the #EuropeanUnion, is a research consortium of UK-based craft specialist consultants: Caro Sinclair, Katia Stewart, Helen Voce, and Claire Arnott.