ABSTRACT

This study focuses on the social media discourse of craftivism between March 2020 and December 2020, coinciding the COVID-19 lockdowns across the United States and the US Presidential Election. The timeframe under examination also includes some of the most extensively covered Black Lives Matter protests to date in the United States, thus requiring an intersectional lens and attention to whose crafts are circulated and lauded. These three deeply intertwined events raised tensions on social media platforms to new extremes, resulting in shifting moderation policies, and reflecting the increased significance of online communities to sustaining all relationships and movements. During this time, we argue that a fundamental shift in the discourse of craftivism has occurred, rejecting previous assumptions of ”gentleness” while demanding a public recentering of the domestic and ”femininized” labor. We contextualize this shift through three case studies: global memorial project COVID-19 quilt; political art project Tiny Pricks; and activist mask-making collective Auntie Sewing Squad. At the same time, this revision must be understood alongside collective failures of labor valuation and widespread economic crisis disproportionately impacting women (particularly women of color). In these cases, we see important intersectional resistance, even as white femininity in craft continues to be centered.

摘要

本研究重点关注 2020 年 3 月至 2020 年 12 月期间在社交媒体上关于手工艺主义的言论，这与美国各地的 COVID-19 封锁和美国总统大选相吻合。正在审查的时间范围还包括迄今为止在美国最广泛报道的一些黑人生活问题抗议活动，因此需要一个交叉镜头，并关注谁的手艺被传播和称赞。这三个紧密交织的事件将社交媒体平台上的紧张局势推向了新的极端，导致适度政策的转变，并反映了在线社区对维持所有关系和运动的重要性增加。在此期间，我们认为手工艺主义话语发生了根本性转变，拒绝以前的“温和”假设，同时要求公开重新定位家庭和“女性化”劳动力。我们通过三个案例研究将这种转变置于背景之下：全球纪念项目 COVID-19 被子；政治艺术项目 Tiny Pricks；和激进的面具制作集体阿姨缝纫队。与此同时，这种修订必须与劳动力估值的集体失败和对女性（尤其是有色人种女性）的影响不成比例的普遍经济危机一起理解。在这些情况下，我们看到了重要的交叉阻力，即使工艺中的白人女性气质继续居中。与此同时，这种修订必须与劳动力估值的集体失败和对女性（尤其是有色人种女性）的影响不成比例的普遍经济危机一起理解。在这些情况下，我们看到了重要的交叉阻力，即使工艺中的白人女性气质继续居中。与此同时，这种修订必须与劳动力估值的集体失败和对女性（尤其是有色人种女性）的影响不成比例的普遍经济危机一起理解。在这些情况下，我们看到了重要的交叉阻力，即使工艺中的白人女性气质继续居中。