This essay examines what functions a forum on social media can have for people interested in weaving, and studies what similarities and differences exist between a digital forum for weavers and a physical weaving context. This is done by highlighting and exemplifying how members of the Swedish weaving forum Vävspolen (woven coil) based on Facebook, use the group in connection with their interest in the handicraft. The study is based on the responses from a survey study that was answered by members of the forum. The theory of this essey is based on previous research, the results of the survey study and the purpose of the essay. There where 335 resposes to the survey study. The result shows that the forum can be used as a source for inspiration and also as a place where people can share their own material with the aim of inspiring others, to get confirmation and to get feedback. It can also be used by its members as a place to exchange experiences and knowledge with each other. Similarities between a digital forum for weavers and a physical context for weavers are that the opportunity for inspiration and exchange of experiences and knowledge exists in both contexts. The possibility of contact with like-minded people is also a similarity. Differences between the two contexts are the absence of physical and tactile as well as the physically social in Vävspolen. However, Vävspolen is considered to have a wider range of knowledge.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-420462 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Ekstam, Lovisa |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Konstvetenskapliga institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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