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Remixed/Unstitched Digital Communities of Contemporary Craft1

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Craftspeople who teach may well ask how online networking sites for crafts define can complement and enhance physical communities of contemporary crafts. Communities of people working with studio craft media might seem unlikely digital natives, however, Internet forums for craftspeople are expanding.

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Marsh, J., Weida, C. (2014). Remixed/Unstitched Digital Communities of Contemporary Craft1 . In: Weida, C.L. (eds) Crafting Creativity & Creating Craft. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness, vol 14. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-839-8_6

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