An introduction to Crafting Sustainability – exploring the interconnections between sustainability and craft

• Main Authors: Roger Andre Søraa, Håkon Fyhn
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies 2017-12-01
• Series: Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies
• Subjects: crafting sustainability; craft; sustainability; craftsmanship
• Online Access: https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/njsts/article/view/2430

Sustainability has become a critical issue, calling for new conceptualizations of both problems and solutions. This special issue of the Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies,  explore the concept of “Crafting Sustainability”. Sustainability is a hot topic in contemporary scholarly debates, with methodological, theoretical, and conceptual contributions from a wide array of research areas, also from Science and Technology Studies. Craft on the other hand has been less of a focal point, although all humans relate to craft on some level.