{"id":561,"date":"2015-04-29T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T15:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=561"},"modified":"2015-10-09T17:13:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T17:13:04","slug":"get-em-while-theyre-fresh-new-books-for-april-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2015\/04\/29\/get-em-while-theyre-fresh-new-books-for-april-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ‘Em While They’re Fresh New Books for April 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cCraftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake\u201d (Sennett, p.\u00a0 9). Enjoy three very different discussions of craftsmanship in the following books available through the DePaul Library.<\/p>\n

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\"WhyLike many of his contemporaries who were college graduates in the turbulent 1970s, Peter Korn was determined to live a meaningful life.\u00a0 And like many who chose not to follow a traditional career path, he had no map for guidance.\u00a0 He began his journey to a well-lived life as an apprentice carpenter on Nantucket and early on his intuition told him he was headed in the right direction.\u00a0 Four decades of a life practicing craft has continually confirmed his belief that engaging in craftsmanship is transformational.\u00a0 Why We Make Things and Why It Matters<\/a><\/em> follows the author\u2019s journey of self-transformation from a carpenter to a furniture maker to a teacher to a writer to an administrator and to a founder of a non-profit school, the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine.\u00a0 DePaul Loop Library, Call Number:\u00a0 745.501 K846w2013\"Hippie<\/p>\n

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Traditional West Virginia crafts were in danger of disappearing in the 1950s and 1960s when many young natives left the Mountain State to seek employment. But an opposite movement of young adults into the state in the 1960s and 1970s in search of a simple life preserved and strengthened the West Virginia craft heritage.\u00a0 While some of these back-to-the-landers brought skills with them, those who were novices learned their skills from the local experienced craftspeople in order to carve out a living.\u00a0 Carter Taylor Seaton, a West Virginia native and sculptor, spent two years interviewing forty-five of these artisans who remained and call West Virginia home.\u00a0 Hippie Homesteaders: Arts, Crafts, Music and Living on the Land in West Virginia<\/a><\/em> explores why these individuals chose West Virginia and how their craft and their lives evolved over the decades.\u00a0 DePaul Library, Electronic Book<\/p>\n

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\"TheI decided to slip in a not-so-new book by Richard Sennett (2008) because of his important contribution to the literature on craftsmanship. Sennett, a sociologist, discusses craftsmanship through the lens of pragmatism.\u00a0 The Craftsman<\/em><\/a> \u201cfocuses on the intimate connection between hand and head\u201d (p. 9).\u00a0 One premise of this work is that as an individual develops mastery of a skill, ethical issues can also develop.\u00a0 Mastery of a skill generates pride in the skill and in the work produced, and pride can obscure.\u00a0 Sennett believes in the importance of reflection during the work process\u2014pausing at different stages, taking stock, and thinking through the ethical considerations before the work is complete.\u00a0 John T. Richardson Library, Call Number:\u00a0 601 S478c2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cCraftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake\u201d (Sennett, p.\u00a0 9). Enjoy three very different discussions of craftsmanship in the following books available through the DePaul Library. Like many of his contemporaries who were college graduates in the turbulent 1970s, Peter Korn was determined to <\/p>\n

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