MINDING MAKING



Harvard University



MINDING MAKING



Harvard University



MINDING MAKING



Harvard University



MINDING MAKING



Harvard University



The Maneuver


The Building Block of our Project



The Minding Making project aims to collapse the hierarchical division between “minding” and “making” that has emerged through centuries of privileging head over hand in modern culture.

We endeavor to do this by identifying and examining various "maneuvers": basic physical operations of making that cut across the fine, decorative, and industrial arts. These maneuvers allow us to re-connect different spaces, materials, and tools, revealing a dynamic social fabric that connects us all.



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"Minding making" is our mission...



"Minding Making": THe MIssion





Our project aims to collapse the hierarchal division between minding and making through the maneuver, offering a new way to explore how academics, curators, makers and the public at large approach the topic of process and materiality.​



"Minding Making": THe Seminar





Our project supports a graduate seminar that encourages emerging scholars to think dynamically about materials and process in their own work.



"Minding Making" in the museum





Ethan Lasser offers his own reflections on how making can be brought into the museum through the material of silver.



Misexpertise:
Writing about making





Jennifer Roberts reflects on the gap between art and writing, and how making offers ways to conceptualize a bridge between the two. ​



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minding Making


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