After the Art/Craft debate: Critical Writing into the 1990s

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Sasha Grbich

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Francis Russell

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Shared food conversations: Jason Phu and Nagesh Seethiah
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In conversation with Sabrina Baker

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A good dinner party: Food as a medium for social change
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Courtney Coombs

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Alana Hunt

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Mai Contemporary Kaurna Food
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James Tylor

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Most writers and researchers in the visual arts and crafts would now consider the debate about the difference between art and craft to be an old chestnut whose day has well and truly gone. Refers to the debates between David Bromfield and Anne Brennan.

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