In the vision of pedagogical woodworking of the late 19th century, known as "sloyd," Otto Salomon saw craft education as a civic as much as an educational activity. How can we work today with craft as a civic activity and use woodworking to discuss, prototype, and enrich our shared environment? Following craftsman and thinker William Coperthwaite, we will experiment with how to use crafts to shape togetherness and make democratic ideals tangible with "socially valid crafts."

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