| Summary: | The article titled "Cult, cosmos, and craft at a Thai art academy" explores the annual rite of khrop khru in Thailand's craft and vocational academies. The authors, Kirin Narayan, Ken George, and Anthony Lovenheim Irwin, have been studying Vishwakarma worship in India and Thailand, focusing on the role of technē and material culture in lived religion and cosmology. The article is a multimedia web composition that aims to convey the haptic, social, and aesthetic aspects of khrop khru ritual through visual elements and animations. The authors hope to capture the rich textures of the ritual and highlight the self-attuning assemblage of human, non-human, and divine beings in khrop khru society.
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