Abstract Nation states have been imagined and constructed by defining certain identities and practices. Among cultural and economic practices bound to material culture, craft has played a significant role in the processes of imagining communities and consequently nationalities in modern times. These imaginations were produced and sustained by various discursive and materialized borders that were based on simultaneous practices of inclusion and exclusion, targeting certain bodies within the formation of a nation state. In this article, we discuss instances of such bordering in Sweden, by looking at specific state documents of controlling the movement and residence of those who were seen as suspicious and potentially threatening. Among these individuals were craftspeople with religious and/or ethnic backgrounds different than the imagined modern Swedish subjects. They were often represented as a threat to the economic, social, and cultural prosperity of the Swedish nation state. These individuals and groups, and their craft practices, were variously appropriated, erased, included, and excluded by the nation state. This article argues that an understanding of modern Swedish craft is impossible without recognizing the crafts that were excluded from its emergence, articulation, and sustainment over the last hundred years. This is to argue that an understanding of the politics of craft requires recognition of the borders that regulate how—and by whom—craft can be practiced.

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现代瑞典工艺出现中的边界政治

摘要 民族国家是通过定义某些身份和实践来想象和构建的。在与物质文化相关的文化和经济实践中，手工艺在现代想象社区乃至民族的过程中发挥了重要作用。这些想象是由各种基于包容和排斥的同时实践的话语和物化边界产生和维持的，针对民族国家形成中的某些机构。在本文中，我们通过查看控制被视为可疑和潜在威胁的人的行动和居住的特定国家文件来讨论在瑞典发生此类接壤的实例。这些人中有与想象中的现代瑞典主题不同的宗教和/或种族背景的手工艺人。他们经常被视为对瑞典民族国家的经济、社会和文化繁荣的威胁。这些个人和团体，以及他们的工艺实践，被民族国家以不同的方式挪用、抹去、包括和排除。本文认为，如果不认识过去一百年来被排除在其出现、表达和维持之外的工艺，就不可能了解现代瑞典工艺。这是为了论证对工艺政治的理解需要承认规范如何以及由谁来实践工艺的边界。瑞典民族国家的文化繁荣。这些个人和团体，以及他们的工艺实践，被民族国家以不同的方式挪用、抹去、包括和排除。本文认为，如果不认识过去一百年来被排除在其出现、表达和维持之外的工艺，就不可能了解现代瑞典工艺。这是为了论证对工艺政治的理解需要承认规范如何以及由谁来实践工艺的边界。瑞典民族国家的文化繁荣。这些个人和团体，以及他们的工艺实践，被民族国家以不同的方式挪用、抹去、包括和排除。本文认为，如果不认识过去一百年来被排除在其出现、表达和维持之外的工艺，就不可能了解现代瑞典工艺。这是为了论证对工艺政治的理解需要承认规范如何以及由谁来实践工艺的边界。本文认为，如果不认识过去一百年来被排除在其出现、表达和维持之外的工艺，就不可能了解现代瑞典工艺。这是为了论证对工艺政治的理解需要承认规范如何以及由谁来实践工艺的边界。本文认为，如果不认识过去一百年来被排除在其出现、表达和维持之外的工艺，就不可能了解现代瑞典工艺。这是为了论证对工艺政治的理解需要承认规范如何以及由谁来实践工艺的边界。