Share this DISKAH Event
Mon 30 Mar
|Grand Parade, University of Brighton
Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities for Crafting Communities
Learn about shared creative spaces for sharing craft work in this workshop.
Time & Location
30 Mar 2026, 10:00 – 16:00
Grand Parade, University of Brighton, 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY, UK
About the event
This workshop aims to shape a shared creative digital presence by discussing challenges faced by crafting communities around the world and exploring how digital spaces, such as websites and social media, can help makers engage and share data (e.g., videos, images) with broader audiences, including customers.
The workshop will explore digital infrastructures that can support tasks such as marketing, skills sharing, and other relevant purposes, while having the opportunity to identify needs and use cases to inform the creation of open, trusted data-sharing systems rooted in community ownership.
10:00 - 10:15 Tea/Coffee
10:15 - 10:30 Welcome and Introduction
Dr Karina Rodriguez Echavarria, Prof in Visual Computing, University of Brighton
10:30 - 11:00 Perspectives from Crafting Communities in Sabire, Mübeyyen, and Jülide communities, Türkiye
Zeynep İlhan, Kazdağı Association, Turkey
11:00 - 11:30 Perspectives from Crafting Communities in Pakistan
Mariam Syed, Independent Artist, Scotland
11:30 - 12:00 Discussion on challenges and opportunities
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 Introducing digital infrastructure for craft authentication
Dr Karina Rodriguez Echavarria, and Mr. Mario Boykovski, BSc Computer Science student
14:00 - 14:30 Discussion and requirements for tools to support craft practices
Dr Myrsini Samaroudi, Research Fellow, University of Brighton
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 - 16:00 Conclusions and looking forward: opportunities to collaborate
The workshop is organised by the UKRI-DRI-funded DISKAH project, with support from Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding from the University of Brighton.