Initial dissertation plan

Dissertation structure Introduction What is your question and why is it important to answer?

Mention the increased popularity in trends and it’s negative associations.

Introduce the idea of value and the arts and crafts movement.

Try and mention one of the theorists (/multiple) theorists you will be looking at.

Include the research type you will be undertaking, hermeneutic? Primary research, secondary research?

Chapter 1, Craft What is craft?

Create definition The ambiguity of the definition having a negative effect Undervalued compared to other arts How has craft been seen through history, means you can question and compare why it is valued today in later chapters Explain the arts and crafts movement Chapter 2, Value What is value?

Talk about Aura, Jean Baudrillard and Walter Benjamin Why has there been a rise in the popularity of craft Seek to own uniqueness, link on from aura Societal factors Talk about the economic factors involved Nostalgia, unsettling times Digitilisation, mirror this with the arts and crafts movement People want to pay for quality over quantity, like to see the process Chapter 3, Trends Similar structure to craft chapter What is a trend?

Creatives views on trends Can trends contain aura?

Characteristics of a trend compared to those of craft Look at the two sides of a trend, aesthetic and process Can you achieve one without the other?

Conclusion Summarise main points through each chapter, making sure to explain how this helps answer the question Opinion that just like craft is misunderstood, so is trends Explain the two sides to a trend Final sentence stating your answer