"Curiosity about the object of knowledge and the willingness and openness to engage theoretical readings and discussions is fundamental. However, I am not suggesting an over-celebration of theory. We must not negate practice for the sake of theory. To do so would reduce theory to...
On the last making day in 2020 I began the design and construction of an object with the salvaged baby wipes from the Craobh Rua project. https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/susanfarrelly/2020/12/14/making-day-12th-december/ It hangs now like a small pair of painters overalls. Faintly like talc and soft on the nose....
In this quote from the book The Meaning of Things: domestic symbols and the self (1981), Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi states: Cherished possessions attain their significance through psychic activities or transactions. Objects are not static entities whose meaning is projected onto them from cognitive functions of the brain or from...