While the book discusses modern storytelling, it is rooted in a long tradition where materials are inseparable from cultural identity. In Chinese craft, the medium often is the memory:
: Features insights from social anthropology, religious studies, film, and history to conceptualize how art reveals the "memory traces" of a culture. The Role of Traditional Materials in "Crafting Memory" Crafting Chinese Memories: The Art and Material...
: Investigates how the physical nature of artāfrom the canvas of a film to the materials of a sculptureāembeds and preserves social memories of major events in China. While the book discusses modern storytelling, it is