(Re)Valuing Local Sheep Wool in the Czech and Slovak Republic : Some Examples of the Border between Arts and Crafts
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F25%3A00142147" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/25:00142147 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/euco-2025-0016" target="_blank" >https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/euco-2025-0016</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/euco-2025-0016" target="_blank" >10.2478/euco-2025-0016</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
(Re)Valuing Local Sheep Wool in the Czech and Slovak Republic : Some Examples of the Border between Arts and Crafts
Original language description
This paper explores the devaluation and recent revitalization efforts of local sheep wool in the Czech and Slovak Republic, where wool has become a waste due to economic and structural changes in the agricultural and textile sector especially after 1992. Through an interdisciplinary and (post)qualitative approach combining interviews, observation, and theoretical insights from posthumanism, ecofeminism and Actor-Network Theory the study analyzes initiatives that bridge eco sheep farming with arts and crafts. Through three case studies - the Kub & aacute;k Weaving mill, the multispecies art practice of Kate & rcaron;ina & Zcaron;& aacute;k Konvalinov & aacute;, and the Slovak initiative Na & scaron;a Vlna - the article analyzes how human, and nonhuman actors collaborate to build alternative wool communities, economies and values. The research examines wool's potential as a transformative material within ecological, social, and cultural contexts. This study aims to uncover strategies that are still in the infancy, but they reestablish wool's value in sustainable production chains, promote community building, and foster innovative practices.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50901 - Other social sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Countryside
ISSN
1803-8417
e-ISSN
1803-8417
Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
289-305
UT code for WoS article
001520649000006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105009794452