We are The Artisan Archive honoring discredited ways of knowing. becoming archivists of living tradition. chronicling craft as climate solution.
We are The Artisan Archive honoring discredited ways of knowing. becoming archivists of living tradition. chronicling craft as climate solution.
storytelling As archivists of living tradition, we’re documenting the social and ecological traditions that allow us to understand how cultures around the world have long championed sustainability.](https://theartisanarchive.com/editorial/)
the artisan archive We’re championing creatives that marry cultural, ecological, and social awareness in their design ethos– chronicling craft as a climate solution.](https://theartisanarchive.com/directory/)
Social Impact In order to honor discredited ways of knowing, we’re supporting farmers and artisans in their journey to better steward the land and preserve ancestral practices.](https://theartisanarchive.com/impact/)
- Culture as the cure.
- Praise to the process.
- Traditions over trends.
Learn how we’re working with farmers and artisans in their return to native ecologies and ancestral craft forms.
Featured work
Can Social Media’s New Deinfluencing Trend Really Encourage Us to Buy Less Stuff? These days, it’s hard to escape the clutches of influencer culture that in many ways defines our digital landscape – from outfit of the day (#OOTD) posts on Instagram to paid partnerships with brands and the murky world of gifting. Recently though, there has been a tide shift, thanks to the rise of the new “deinfluencing” trend. READ MORE](https://theartisanarchive.com/can-social-medias-new-deinfluencing-trend-really-encourage-us-to-buy-less-stuff-2/)
Domicide: On the Right to Remain The slow violence of climate change and the fast violence of war share a common outcome: the loss of home. Domicide is the name for a growing pattern of intentional violence—where homes are targeted and erased, by war, by raids, by climate inaction.. READ MORE](https://theartisanarchive.com/domicide-on-the-right-to-remain/)
A Balancing Act On sustainable fashion activism, the contradictions of social media, and finding the peace between it all. READ MORE](https://theartisanarchive.com/a-balancing-act/)
History Is Being Written In Real Time— By Us “More and more, I believe creatives must balance being students of history while recognizing that history and culture are not static—they are living and evolving. History is being written in real-time—by us. The question is: where do we choose to place our agency?” READ MORE](https://theartisanarchive.com/history-is-being-written-in-real-time-by-us/)
Sustainability, Culture and Craft Come Together in Aditi Mayer’s New Home On home as a living archive. READ MORE](https://theartisanarchive.com/sustainability-culture-and-craft-come-together-in-aditi-mayers-new-home/)
On A Journey Through India For many, especially those of us in urban centers, it can be easy to wax poetic about the rural village economy. But what remains indisputable is the fact that the village economy provides a vision of sustainability that was not rooted in consumption but rather, participation. READ MORE](https://theartisanarchive.com/on-a-journey-through-india/)