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‘I like working with my hands’: performative and embodied nostalgia among post-industrial blacksmiths
Visual Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-08 , DOI: 10.1080/1472586x.2021.1944294
Christopher W. Gibson

Using participant observation and interview data, I analyse social processes that surround the craft of blacksmithing and its role in post-industrial capitalist society. This inquiry explicates the role of visual experiences and performances of embodied nostalgia in motivating the embrace of historic craftwork. I present visual documentation alongside qualitative data to illustrate the visual features of embodied nostalgia and document the symbolic stage upon which the modern blacksmith identity is reinforced. Blacksmithing as a profession has been deoccupationalized while conversely evolving into a richly social craft, largely driven by nostalgia and performance. Blacksmithing is physically demanding, time-consuming, costly, and once represented a hard day’s labour; this study offers an examination of why it became an activity people seek out as a weekend hobby. I find that within the community of hobbyist blacksmiths, a prime motivation is the drive to experience and perform embodied nostalgia for observers, either physically present or for a materially and temporally disembodied gaze of online viewers. The performance of embodied nostalgia is predicated on a romanticised – and mildly subversive – invocation of preindustrial social relations and a symbolic temporary seizure of one’s means of production. Ultimately, this study highlights the symbolic meanings expressed in the actions of the post-industrial blacksmithing community, while underscoring an informative case of occupational evolution in the 20th century.



中文翻译:

“我喜欢用手工作”:后工业铁匠的表演和体现的怀旧之情

我利用参与者观察和访谈数据,分析了围绕铁匠工艺的社会进程及其在后工业资本主义社会中的作用。这项调查阐明了视觉体验和体现怀旧之情的表现在激发人们拥抱历史工艺品方面的作用。我将视觉记录与定性数据一起展示,以说明所体现的怀旧之情的视觉特征,并记录现代铁匠身份得到强化的象征阶段。铁匠作为一种职业已经被非职业化,同时又演变成一种丰富的社会手艺,这在很大程度上是由怀旧和表演驱动的。铁匠工作对体力要求很高,耗时,成本高,曾经代表着一天的辛苦劳作;这项研究检验了为什么它成为人们寻求的周末爱好活动。我发现,在业余铁匠社区中,一个主要动机是渴望体验和表现出对观察者的具体怀旧之情,无论是实际存在的还是在线观众在物质和时间上脱离实体的凝视。具身怀旧的表现是基于对前工业化社会关系的浪漫化和轻微颠覆性的调用以及对生产资料的象征性暂时夺取。最终,这项研究强调了后工业化铁匠社区的行为所表达的象征意义,同时强调了 20 世纪职业演变的信息丰富的案例。我发现,在业余铁匠社区中,一个主要动机是渴望体验和表现出对观察者的具体怀旧之情,无论是实际存在的还是在线观众在物质和时间上脱离实体的凝视。具身怀旧的表现是基于对前工业化社会关系的浪漫化和轻微颠覆性的调用以及对生产资料的象征性暂时夺取。最终,这项研究强调了后工业化铁匠社区的行为所表达的象征意义,同时强调了 20 世纪职业演变的信息丰富的案例。我发现,在业余铁匠社区中,一个主要动机是渴望体验和表现出对观察者的具体怀旧之情,无论是实际存在的还是在线观众在物质和时间上脱离实体的凝视。具身怀旧的表现是基于对前工业化社会关系的浪漫化和轻微颠覆性的调用以及对生产资料的象征性暂时夺取。最终,这项研究强调了后工业化铁匠社区的行为所表达的象征意义,同时强调了 20 世纪职业演变的信息丰富的案例。具身怀旧的表现是基于对前工业化社会关系的浪漫化和轻微颠覆性的调用以及对生产资料的象征性暂时夺取。最终,这项研究强调了后工业化铁匠社区的行为所表达的象征意义,同时强调了 20 世纪职业演变的信息丰富的案例。具身怀旧的表现是基于对前工业化社会关系的浪漫化和轻微颠覆性的调用以及对生产资料的象征性暂时夺取。最终,这项研究强调了后工业化铁匠社区的行为所表达的象征意义,同时强调了 20 世纪职业演变的信息丰富的案例。世纪

更新日期:2021-07-08
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