Firing up craft capital: the renaissance of craft and craft policy in the United Kingdom

Crafts have recently been experiencing a renaissance. This revitalization sees craft increasingly recognised as a growing industrial sector with benefits linked to educational, cultural and economic development policy agendas. This paper engages with policy debates around the place of craft in the United Kingdom from 2010. Drawing on craft sector perspectives and UK government policy initiatives it situates the disciplines and practices of craft within their institutional support networks, organizational contexts and draws attention to the role of individuals in driving agendas. The paper focuses on the national facing crafts development organizations, the UK Crafts Council and the UK Heritage Crafts Association, alongside recent policy discussion emerging from the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Recognizing that the legacies of past practice often inform contemporary agendas, the paper explores how the advocacy of craft in the recent past has shaped the place and positioning of craft in contemporary UK politics.     

Recession-proof skills,cities, and resilience in economic downturns

We provide evidence, by combining Occupational Information Network (O*NET) data with monthly Current Population Survey data from 1990 to 2015, that occupations characterized by high cognitive and people skill requirements are less sensitive to recessions, conditional on educational attainment, industry, and individual characteristics. These results are driven by urban areas, particularly noncollege educated people in urban areas, and vary with city size. Finally, we provide the first evidence that metropolitan areas’ recovery from economic downturns depends upon initial skill composition of occupations in the area.     

从青铜甚六鼎的修复谈传统工艺与新技术结合的运用

本文主要介绍了青铜甚六鼎的修复状况以及传统工艺与新技术结合的成功运用。     

中国古代马戏考

"胡服骑射"是马戏产生的重要条件,"官马民养"是马戏产生的基础,汉唐帝王对舞乐百戏的大力提倡是马戏迅速发展的主要推动力量.     

对古典文学素材的汲取与超越——论芥川龙之介的《俊宽》

芥川文学的一大特色是通过对古典文学中特殊场景、特殊事件进行再加工与再创造,从而展现作家对今人的关注以及对社会问题的思考。本文从《俊宽》与其原素材的承接关系出发,在归纳古典文学中俊宽故事流变的基础上,力求探明芥川文学对古典文学的汲取与超越,思考芥川文学中取材古典的独到创作手法。     

素心研艺 珪质独秀——黄素珪佳联赏析

黄素琏是个多才多艺的人,其撰联、书画、起名等技艺令他名甲一方。     

《推定儿女法》与中古辨胎术

《推定儿女法》为俄藏黑水城出土金代占卜类写本文献,其文本来源于《孙子算经》,特殊性在于通过算术方法并结合阴阳五行思想卜算胎儿性别。以《推定儿女法》为代表的祈男辨胎思想和孕育信仰曾长期流行于中国古代社会,是研究古代社会民生与民间信仰的珍贵资料。在历史发展过程中,《推定儿女法》逐渐渗透到医学与命理学文本书写中,反映了阴阳五行思想主导下,中国古代数术、巫术与医学思想的相互影响与交流融合。