"Craftivism": GENE29927-ETerm 2021

I love the idea of a global knit-in. There is something so beautiful about a peaceful, quiet moment of knitting but also something so loud about it being a form of political and social resistance. I’ve never heard of the G8 protests, and it makes sense for something anti-globalization to be people actually knitting with their hands. I also found the “Stitch in time” piece really interesting because it talked how craftivism is simply getting a conversation going by getting people to stop and look. It connects to one of the pieces about global knit-ins that speaks on the power of men as knitters. It is striking and creates dissonance in common gender norms, and I never considered the power of something like a man knitting on the subway. I liked how the man added that is a non-confrontational way to talk about important things. In one of our discussions last week, my group talked about how quiet activism is great for introverts, and I feel like craftivism is exactly that. As an introvert, I feel this on a deep level. Finally, I loved the “stitching for sisters” article in the Craftivism text. I love what those women are doing and I think a project like that could be something cool that our class project could be.