Craft across Borders: ‘0-60 degrees’ exploring Indigenous craft in Borneo, SE Asia and Shetland, the Northern Isles of Scotland.

 

Professor Lynn-Sayers McHatttie, the Innovation School, The Glasgow School of Art

 

21 DE ABRIL, 10:30AM

ID+ Porto @ UPTEC Baixa

Org. LUME / Unexpected Media Lab

Bio

Professor Lynn-Sayers McHatttie, the Innovation School, The Glasgow School of Art

Lynn is Professor of Design Innovation at The Glasgow School of Art and Research Lead in the Innovation School. Lynn’s place-based research interests are located within geographically distributed and Indigenous island communities. Her cross-cultural research explores craft and textile practices as ‘cultural assets’, which connect to the landscape and culture of communities and the role design-led innovation can play in socio-cultural renewal. She works extensively in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland including the Northern Isles and Borneo, SE Asia.