Artisanal Making and the Future of Small-Scale Local Production
A 4-year Australian Research Council Project exploring Australia's artisanal economy.
It is generating knowledge to provide policymakers and artisanal industries with valuable insights into the cultural values underpinning the marketplace for small-scale Australian products, and how these can be leveraged to enable future growth.
This website provides information about the project, access to project findings, and contact details for the researchers involved. The research is funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Project (DP220100110).
Understanding Artisanal Production
This is the first project to explore the growing field of artisanal production and consumption in Australia.
By understanding the meaning and values underpinning people’s choices, and not just counting their economic effects, the project explores how small-scale and artisanal producers can maintain sustainable businesses, the cultural identities and discourses in play in the selling of Australian-made goods, and how locally made artisanal products can inclusively reach wider markets.
This research was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Projects funding scheme (project DP220100110). The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Australian Government.
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