•... The haptic experiences to do with making is so rewarding; and
•... The need to make things that fit a circumstance, no matter how seemingly trivial is so rewarding; and
•... The need better understand material's 'materiality' is so pressing; and
•... The need better make places where people are secure and welcomed and overtly celebrated;
makes more sense than perhaps ever in humanity' histories. There is much to be said on all this and the opportunities to say them in our own voices is much needed.
As Winifred West often said to anyone with an ear to listen ... "humans cannot perform miracles but we can create the circumstance within which they can happen."
There is one thing that might well be said here. That is the art craft binary is a historical construct. It is often used in exclusionary hierarchy that privileges the so called FINEarts – intellectual, expressive, often male-dominated – over the crafts – functional, decorative, historically associated with women, domesticity, or indigenous cultures. This distinction is increasingly challengeable given the sexist, rankist, racist, and the colonial cultural cargo it carries – and rightly so.
There are strong arguments that suggest that the so called International Crafts MovementThe of the 1960s and 1970s was fueled by FIRSTworld cultural imperialism.
That movement saw a significant international revival and transformation of the crafts movement, driven by reactions against mass production, the counterculture movement, and the emergence of studio craft as a legitimate art form. It is an idea that might yet launch A Phd and quite possibly a MAKERSbank my have a role to play in that possibility.
In an effort to overturn this somewhat dystopian MINDset imagining making in all the forms it takes, and has taken in the world's DEEPhistories,a MAKERSbank may well provide the circumstances for a uptopian miracle.
As is often said ... WATCH THIS SPACE.
\FORWORD: Grameen Bank, A Community Social Enterprise ... MAKERSbank, founded by Muhammad Yunus [1]–[2] in 1983, is a specialised financial institution in Bangladesh that provides no-collateral MICROcredit to the rural poor, specifically women, to foster financial independence. It serves nearly 45 million people across 94% of villages [makers often] using a group lending model.
Key Aspects of a MAKERSbank [a bank to enable makers make, making work work]:
PURPOSE: Founded on the principle that loans are more effective than grants, charity to enable makers to focus on developing their makers practices.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Under served makers including makers surviving on social security, the untrained, the underemployed, and makers seeking training and experience.
NO COLLATERAL: A Community Social Enterprise [A MAKERSbank] does not require traditional collateral in order lend to makers as has been the case with the Grameen Bank.
MODEL: Uses Uses a group-based lending system with weekly installments, bringing services directly to makers to enable them to maintain their MAKINGpractices.
FINANCING: As is the case with the Grameen Bank, a proportion of loans should be funded by makers' deposits and interest income rather than external funding.
IMPACT: Empowering makers and communities' of makers to initiate similar institutions in many places as has been the case with the Grameen Bank.
NOTE TO SELF & WHOEVER
CHURCHILL FELLOWSHIP ... A massive public fundraising campaign, known as "Operation G" (for Gratitude), was launched. This included a nationwide door-knock appeal on February 28, 1965, which raised over £2.3 million—more than double the target.
THINKING ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR MIRACLES
IF a MAKERSbank could possibly raise say $1Mil the seeds could be sown to lend MAKERS the funds they needin the GRAMEENway to contribute to MAKING MAKING MATTER MORE!!!???
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