Heritage Crafts and Sustainable Futures

The recent community call convened by Global Innovation Gathering as part of the make-a-thek project examined the relationship between heritage crafts, sustainability, and circularity across diverse contexts. The conversation centred on the work of practitioners in Ukraine and Iraq and explored the intersection of crafts with community identity, economic development, and mental health. It was hosted on July 9th by Fadia Elgharib & Kirstin Wiedow from the Global Innovation Gathering and Laura Miguel Baumann & Rachel Kelly from the European Crafts Alliance, and the invited speakers were Salih Mahmod, the former manager of Mosul Space and Natalia Viter, journalist and founder of Potter Viter studio.

Read more here . You will also find the link to the recorded session.