Global Exchange of Crafts Makers 0 Reply

Since 2016 Dialogue Café is promoting exchanges and dialogue between different crafts makers around the world. In this framework, challenges and opportunities are being identified and networking opportunities developed with the aim of promoting knowledge sharing in the field of crafts making and strengthen creative makers´ capacities and opportunities.

Using Dialogue Cafés and Cisco Tele Presence suites we could connect a wide variety of stakeholders from a number of cities across the world to meet and discuss in real-time. Activities will alternate, conferences, debates, exchanges and meetings. The focus of these activities would be to explore:

Each of these sessions would connect at least 3 countries and would bring together artisans, associations, creative entrepreneurs, companies, designers, galleries, makers, municipalities, researchers, policy makers, think tanks, research centres, innovation agencies, chambers of commerce, social enterprises and business support agencies focusing on SMEs. These workshops will be organised by Dialogue Café Association and Network in partnership with relevant stakeholders (see list of potential partners below).

Previous sessions held are:

• Online Platforms & Marketplaces for Crafts Makers

• Sustainable Clothing: More than a Trendy Approach, the Responsibility of Rethinking the Fashion System, organised with Fashion Revolution Portugal

• Face to face: senior artisans vs young makers. Debating how to innovate the crafts sector

• Sharing Knowledge on Refugees Social Inclusion through Arts and Culture, 

• Fab Labs and Crafts Makers: bringing together innovation to Artisanship

• Business development and internationalisation

• Workshop on Craftivism

• Are crafts a promising creative sector for development? Sharing thoughts and experiences

• Dialogue and conciliation between tradition and design means innovation?

• Crafting cultural heritage: how to promote intercultural dialogue and cultural diversity using traditional crafts

• Sustainable clothing, it´s the DIY movement a response to fast fashion?

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