Crafting Ginhawa: A critical exploration of social inequality and ginhawa (well-being) in the context of Filipino craft (Talk)

This presentation shows the kind of ginhawa (well-being) actualised by the weavers’ own agency that is actually vulnerable and may be easily taken away by the same factors that enable it. There has been a renewed interest in traditional Filipino crafts in design and commerce, wherein Filipino artisans may experience the economic, social and psychological benefits of crafts. However, with the continued growth of this movement, risks may have arisen and Filipino craftspeople may be unintentionally but systematically disadvantaged in their freedom to access ginhawa in the cross-class occupational context of creating crafts.