This anthology consists of 7 presentations given by invited speakers and 15 essays that show how crafts form both a theoretical and practical discourse that deals with the most varied individual, cultural, and behavioral phenomena. They involve the concept of sloyd, derived from a Swedish word, an umbrella term for making or crafting things by hand. The presentations are as follows: "A Qualitative Approach to Research on Artistic Phenomena" (Elliot W. Eisner); "Conservative Craft and Progressive Education" (Sven G. Hartman), English abstract and Swedish text; "Multiteoretisk Metodologi i slojdforskning" (Juhani Peltonen); "Research on Arts and Crafts as Cultural Phenomena" (Elliot W. Eisner); "Som Siojd en del av hallbar utveckling" (Ulla Suojanen); "The Psychology of Image Formation: Subject and Object Dimensions" (Andrei Podolskij); and "Kunskap Genom Handen" (Arne Klingborg). The essays are as follows: "The Image of Becoming: Questions of Time, Identity, and Education in Textile, Clothing, and Craft Design" (Minna Uotila); "A Look at the 'Glass Case'" (Harri Kalha); "Textile Art in Perspective: Looking at Textile Art as a Historical Project" (Leena Svinhufvud); "Products in Their Ideological Context in Professional Evaluation" (Mirja Kalviainen); "Development of the Reference Frame in Crafts Science" (Iija Pietikainen); "Revealing Design Thinking through Protocol Data" (Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen); "Grounded Theory--Two Different Ways of Coding" (Pirjo Keso); "To Speak of the Unspoken: Tacit Knowledge and Participation in Its Interpretation" (Ritva Koskennurmi-Sivonen); "Some Observations on the Anttila Paradigm of Designing and Making-Up" (Leena K. Kaukinen); "Ansats til en slojdpaedagogik" (Mikkel Holmback); "Every Time Is Time for Craft" (Seija Kojonkoski-Rannali); "Vagen till och genom ett konstnarligt utvecklingsarbete. 'Slojd och bygga rum. Den skapande fantasin leken och rummet'" (Goran Ekman); "Integrating Technology into Sloyd in the Early Years" (Ari Alamaki); "The Development of Craft Teaching in the Education of Class Teachers" (Jaana Lepisto); and "Ramaterialets betydelse i den framtida slojden" (Torbjorn Lindstrom). (YLB)