List of Contributors

Introduction and Acknowledgements


1. Theoretical Introduction: Artisanal Epistemology as a Transcultural Concept

Claire Farago

New Epistemologies in Formation

2. The Making and Materiality of Kalaallit assilialiait:

Inuit Artisanal Knowledge in the Global Nineteenth Century

Bart Pushaw

3. Artisanal Waste Construction in Contemporary Art and Architecture of Mexico City:

The Conceptual Impact of Abraham Cruzvillegas

Peter Krieger

Transcultural Institutions

4. Self-Reflexive Practices in the Arts of Luis Garcia Hevia: From Colonial Workshop to Experiential Processes in Nineteenth-century Colombia

Patricia Zalamea


5. “Para o ingles ver ? para o brasileiro acreditar”:

Transcultural Discourses and Practices in Contemporary Brazilian Arts and Cultures

Jens Baumgarten and Vinicius Spricigo

Material Flows/Circulating Objects

6. Artisanal Authority and Indigenous Knowledge in the Book Culture of Sixteenth-century Mexico

Jeanette Favrot Peterson

7. From Stone and Wood: Carving Christian Identity in Early Modern India

Erin Benay

8. Making and Sensing: Ceramics, Metalwork, and Aromatics in Transcultural Exchanges

Leah R. Clark

Knowledge-sharing Models


9. Migrating Inventions: Brunelleschi’s Dome and the East

Dario Donetti and Lorenzo Vigotti

10. Material Concerns: Experiential Teaching and Learning with First Nations Artists in Australia

Susan Lowish

11 Coda: Collaborations, Transformations, and Continuing Conversations

Susan Lowish, Jens Baumgarten, and Claire Farago