Making the cut: The effects of the introduction of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) on the Chinese papercutting 2006-2018
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Papercutting is one of China’s key cultural exports. The industry has developed without interruptions for over 1,500 years. It flourished during the Cultural Revolution as a mechanism for propagating Chinese Communist Party (CCP) values. During the mid-1980s, a government-endorsed folk art revival restored ethnographic diversity to the sector. Between 2006 and 2009, the distinct papercutting traditions of over 60 regions were inscribed into the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. However, within five years practitioners of these “ethnocentric” varieties of papercutting were calling for greater government protection against free market forces. This case study examines the effects of the introduction of CNC cutting into the Chinese papercutting industry.
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Garland Magazine
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15
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See, P, Making the cut: The effects of the introduction of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) on the Chinese papercutting 2006-2018, Garland Magazine, 2019, (15)