TABLE OF FIGURES INTRODUCTION THE RESEARCH PROJECT AND ITS AIMS Yarn bombing and craftivism CHAPTER OVERVIEW UNRAVELLING THE THREADS: CONTEMPORARY CRAFTIVISM AND ITS ORIGINS THE ORIGINS OF CRAFTIVISM War craftivism Anti-colonial and anti-slavery craftivism Economic and anti-capitalist craftivism Environmental and eco-craftivism Health craftivism Social justice craftivism Gendered violence and bodily autonomy craftivism THE LOGICS OF CRAFTIVISM THE ITCH TO STITCH: YARN BOMBERS AND THEIR MOTIVATIONS 58DEFINING YARN BOMBING THE ORIGINS OF YARN BOMBING Controversies and criticisms UNDERSTANDING YARN BOMBERS AND THEIR MOTIVATIONS Making people smile, generating joy, and beautification Reclaiming and softening of public space, rejecting commercialisation, and building communities Raising awareness, memorialisation, and promoting communities Making a statement, protest and championing change CRAFT ATTACK: THE FRAMING OF YARN BOMBING CRIME, CRIMINALITY AND LEGAL FRAMING OF YARN BOMBING Framing yarn bombers: Destructive criminals or harmless knitters?HOW YARN BOMBERS FRAME THEIR PRACTICE Deviance, risk and subversion Thrill-seeking, edgework and the carnival of crime CRAFTY CRIMES: THE CRIMINOLOGY OF CRAFTIVISM RESEARCH FINDINGS REFERENCE LIST
