Social Systems of Flexible Production: Organizational Conditions for the Resurgence of Craft
Against the background of a growing interest in the resurgence of craft work, this article examines the organizational conditions that characterize craft-based production in contemporary society and how they help to facilitate craft resurgence. The paper identifies three organizational conditions of...
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| description | Against the background of a growing interest in the resurgence of craft work, this article examines the organizational conditions that characterize craft-based production in contemporary society and how they help to facilitate craft resurgence. The paper identifies three organizational conditions of contemporary craft-based production, relating to the mass market, producing by means of flexible specialization, and using infrastructures. By applying a historical lens, I argue that these organizational conditions have formed into a particular way of organizing craft-based production which is attuned to local and temporal specificities. Therefore, this study builds on a complementary, symbiotic notion of craft which considers industrial manufacture, serial production and digital technologies to be constitutive of craft making. By offering an alternative conceptual framework to grasp the resurgence of craft, this article contributes to the understanding of organizational resilience. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-113319c9c4be4de2a16ed57ce200d4f22025-08-20T02:07:02ZengDe GruyterJournal of Organizational Sociology2752-29972024-07-012330332610.1515/joso-2023-0029Social Systems of Flexible Production: Organizational Conditions for the Resurgence of CraftNyfeler Judith027215School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology, University of St. Gallen, Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 8, CH-9000, St. Gallen, SwitzerlandAgainst the background of a growing interest in the resurgence of craft work, this article examines the organizational conditions that characterize craft-based production in contemporary society and how they help to facilitate craft resurgence. The paper identifies three organizational conditions of contemporary craft-based production, relating to the mass market, producing by means of flexible specialization, and using infrastructures. By applying a historical lens, I argue that these organizational conditions have formed into a particular way of organizing craft-based production which is attuned to local and temporal specificities. Therefore, this study builds on a complementary, symbiotic notion of craft which considers industrial manufacture, serial production and digital technologies to be constitutive of craft making. By offering an alternative conceptual framework to grasp the resurgence of craft, this article contributes to the understanding of organizational resilience.https://doi.org/10.1515/joso-2023-0029craftindustrial manufacture; organizingflexible specializationsocial systems of production; infrastructure |
| spellingShingle | Nyfeler Judith Social Systems of Flexible Production: Organizational Conditions for the Resurgence of Craft Journal of Organizational Sociology craft industrial manufacture; organizing flexible specialization social systems of production; infrastructure |
| title | Social Systems of Flexible Production: Organizational Conditions for the Resurgence of Craft |
| title_full | Social Systems of Flexible Production: Organizational Conditions for the Resurgence of Craft |
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| title_short | Social Systems of Flexible Production: Organizational Conditions for the Resurgence of Craft |
| title_sort | social systems of flexible production organizational conditions for the resurgence of craft |
| topic | craft industrial manufacture; organizing flexible specialization social systems of production; infrastructure |
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