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Authored Books

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2021) The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work: Craftwork in Twenty-First Century England. New York: Berghahn. (New Anthropologies of Europe: Perspectives and Provocations)

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2009) The Masons of Djenné. Bloomington Indiana: Indiana University Press.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2001) Minaret Building and Apprenticeship in Yemen. Richmond: Curzon.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Marchand, Trevor H.J., ed. (2017) Architectural Heritage of Yemen: Buildings that Fill my Eye. London: Gingko. (Gingko Library Art Series)

Marchand, Trevor H.J., ed. (2016) Craftwork as Problem Solving: ethnographic studies of design and making. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate. (Anthropological Studies of Creativity and Perception)

Fardon, Richard, Harris, Olivia, Marchand, Trevor H.J., Nuttall, Mark, Shore, Cris and Wilson, Richard A., eds. (2012) Handbook of Social Anthropology. London: Sage.

Marchand, Trevor H.J., ed. (2010) Making Knowledge: explorations of the indissoluble relation between mind, body and environment. Oxford: Wiley. (Special Issue of the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Vol. 16, no. S1)

Marchand, Trevor H.J. and Kresse, Kai, eds. (2009) Knowledge in Practice: expertise and the transmission of knowledge. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. (Africa: Special Issue)

Book Chapters

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2019) 'Craftwork: Re-making Pasts and Shaping Futures, Keynote Lecture for International Art Craft Space Congress, Selçuk University, 2018.' In: Karakul, Özlem and Dalkiran, Ahmet, (eds.), Revitalizing Art Craft Space Relations: Proceedings Book. Kitapmatik, pp. 1-9.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2018) 'Built Environment.' In: Callan, Hilary, (ed.), The Wiley Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Oxford: Wiley, pp. 695-701.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2018) 'Embodied Learning.' In: Callan, Hilary, (ed.), The Wiley Blackwell International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Oxford: Wiley, pp. 1782-1792.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2017) 'Buildings That Fill My Eye: An introduction to the architectural heritage of Yemen.' In: Marchand, Trevor H.J., (ed.), Architectural Heritage of Yemen: Buildings that Fill my Eye. London: Gingko, pp. 11-27. (Gingko Library Art Series)

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2017) 'The Minarets of Sanaa.' In: Marchand, Trevor H.J., (ed.), Architectural Heritage of Yemen: Buildings that Fill my Eye. London: Gingko, pp. 119-127. (Gingko Library Art Series)

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2016) 'Explorations in Creativity with Andrew Omoding: artist, maker and raconteur.' In: Radical Craft: alternative ways of making. Birmingham: Craftspace, pp. 48-59.

Clifford Collard, Niamh Jane (2016) 'Social Strategies and Material Fixes in Agotime Weaving.' In: Marchand, Trevor H.J., (ed.), Craftwork as Problem Solving: Ethnographic Studies of Design and Making. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 153-168. (Anthropological Studies of Creativity and Perception)

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2016) 'Introduction: Craftwork as Problem Solving.' In: Marchand, Trevor H.J., (ed.), Craftwork as Problem Solving: Ethnographic Studies of Design and Making. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 1-29. (Anthropological Studies of Creativity and Perception)

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2015) 'Trevor Marchand On Craft.' In: Edmonds, David and Warburton, Nigel, (eds.), Big Ideas in Social Science. London: Sage, pp. 118-127.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2015) 'Managing Pleasurable Pursuits: Utopic Horizons and the Arts of Ignoring and ‘Not Knowing’ among Fine Woodworkers.' In: Dilley, Roy and Kirsch, Thomas, (eds.), Regimes of Ignorance: anthropological perspectives on the Production and Reproduction of Non-Knowledge. Oxford: Berghahn, pp. 70-90. (Methodology and History in Anthropology; 29)

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2015) 'Place-Making in the "Holy of Holies": the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem.' In: Mitchell, Jon and Bull, Michael, (eds.), Ritual, Performance and the Senses. London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 63-84.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2014) 'Skill and Aging: Perspectives from Three Generations of English Woodworkers.' In: Hallam, Elizabeth and Ingold, Tim, (eds.), Making and Growing: Anthropological Studies of Organisms and Artefacts. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, pp. 183-202. (Anthropological Studies of Creativity and Perception)

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2013) 'The Djenné Mosque: world heritage and social renewal in a West African town.' In: Verkaaik, Oskar, (ed.), Religious Architecture: anthropological perspectives. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 117-148.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2012) ''Anthropologies to Come'. Part 4 introduction.' In: Fardon, Richard, Marchand, Trevor H.J., Nuttall, Mark, Shore, Cris, Strang, Veronica and Wilson, Chris, (eds.), Handbook of Social Anthropology. London: Sage, pp. 225-228.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2012) 'Knowledge in Hand: explorations of brain, hand and tool.' In: Fardon, Richard, Marchand, Trevor H.J., Nuttall, Mark, Shore, Cris, Strang, Veronica and Wilson, Chris, (eds.), Handbook of Social Anthropology. London: Sage, pp. 260-269.

Klein, Jakob A., Pottier, Johan and West, Harry G. (2012) 'New Directions in the Anthropology of Food.' In: Fardon, Richard, Harris, Olivia, Marchand, Trevor H.J., Nuttall, Mark, Shore, Cris, Strang, Veronica and Wilson, Richard A., (eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, pp. 293-302.

Simpson, Edward (2012) 'The anthropology of aftermath.' In: Fardon, Richard, Harris, Olivia, Marchand, Trevor H.J., Nuttall, Mark, Shore, Cris, Strang, Veronica and Wilson, Richard A., (eds.), The Sage Handbook of Social Anthropology (vol. 2). London: Sage, pp. 329-338.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2011) 'Negotiating Tradition in Practice: mud masons and meaning-making in contemporary Djenne.' In: Teutonico, Jeanne Marie, (ed.), Terra 2008 : proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage, Bamako, Mali, February 1-5, 2008. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute and Trust Publications.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2010) 'Embodied Cognition, Communication and the Making of Place and Identity: Reflections on Fieldwork with Masons.' In: Rapport, Nigel, (ed.), Human Nature as Capacity. Oxford: Berghahn. (Methodology and History of Anthropology)

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2007) 'Crafting Knowledge: the role of 'parsing and production' in the communication of skill-based knowledge among masons.' In: Harris, Mark, (ed.), Ways of Knowing. Oxford: Berghahn, pp. 173-193.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2006) 'Endorsing Indigenous Knowledge: the Role of Masons and Apprenticeship in Sustaining Vernacular Architecture - the Case of Djenne.' In: Asquith, L. and Vellinga, M., (eds.), Vernacular Architecture in the Twenty-First Century. Theory, Education and Practice. London: Taylor and Francis, pp. 46-62.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2003) 'Process over Product: Case Studies of Traditional Building Practices in Djenne, Mali and San'a', Yemen.' In: Teutonico, Jeanne Marie and Matero, Frank, (eds.), Managing Change: Sustainable Approaches to the Conservation of the Built Environment. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, pp. 137-159.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2003) 'Rang Professionnel Laborieusement Acquis: devenir maitre macon a Djenne.' In: Bedaux, R., Diaby, B. and Maas, Pierre, (eds.), L'architecture de Djenné, Mali : la pérennité d'un patrimoine mondial. Gent: Snoeck, pp. 29-43.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. and Joffroy, T. (2003) 'Sensuous Mud / Sensuele Aarde (English and Flemish).' In: Les Maitres de la Terre. Belgium: Cultuur Centrum Brugge, 19-23, 43.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2003) 'A possible explanation for the lack of explanation; or 'Why the Master Builder can't explain what he knows': Introducing the Informational Atomism against a 'definitional' definition of concepts.' In: Pottier, Johan, Bicker, Alan and Sillitoe, Paul, (eds.), Negotiating Local knowledge: Power and Identity in Development. London: Pluto Press, pp. 30-50.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2000) 'Walling Old Sana'a: Re-evaluating the resurrection of the city walls.' In: Terra 2000: 8th International Conference on the study and conservation of earthen architecture. London: James and James Science Publishers, pp. 46-51.

Journal Article

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2020) 'Boat-building, Experimental Archaeology and the Indispensability of Hands-on Know-how.' Metalla: Journal of Science and Technology, special issue 10, 10. pp. 43-52.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2019) 'Dwelling in Craftwork: The Art of Andrew Omoding.' Journal for European Ethnology and Cultural Analysis (JEECA), Special Issue 1: Ways of Dwelling, 1. pp. 46-72.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2018) 'Toward an Anthropology of Mathematizing.' Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, special issue 'From science to art and back again: the anthropology of Tim Ingold', 43 (3-4). pp. 295-316.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. and Omoding, Andrew (2018) 'Ducks and Daughters: story-making with Andrew Omoding.' Art + Reading: a journal of reading and making, 1 (1). pp. 45-50.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2017) 'Yemen's Architectural Heritage Under Threat.' British-Yemeni Society Journal, 25. pp. 26-34.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2017) 'Action Learning in Postgraduate Research Training.' Action Learning: Research and Practice, 14 (1). pp. 83-95.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2016) 'The Art of Mud Building in Djenne, Mali.' Room One Thousand: Architectural Expertise, UC Berkeley Environmental Design, 4. pp. 45-54.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2016) 'Craftwork and Education: 'The Intelligent Hand' at the Fab Lab.' Inequality in Education: The Tide - A journal.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2016) 'JDY Peel (1941-2015), Obituary.' RAI Archives and Manuscripts.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2015) ''It's in Our Blood': Mali's griots and musical enskilment.' Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 85 (2). pp. 356-364.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2015) 'A Diary of Filmmaking with Djenné Masons: From “Studies of” toward “Studies with”.' Visual Anthropology, 28 (4). pp. 308-323.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2015) 'The Djenné Mosque: World Heritage and Social Renewal in a West African Town.' APT Bulletin, Journal of Preservation Technology, 46 (2-3). pp. 4-15.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2014) 'Workshop 1: Craftwork as Problem-Solving.' Making Futures Journal, 3. pp. 1-4.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2013) 'For the Love of Masonry: Djenne craftsmen in turbulent times.' Journal of African Cultural Studies, 26 (2). pp. 155-172.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2010) 'Embodied Cognition and Communication: studies with British fine woodworkers.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 16 (s1). pp. 100-120.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2010) 'Preface and Introduction: Making Knowledge.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 16 (s1). iii-v, 1.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. and Kresse, Kai (2009) 'Introduction: Knowledge in Practice.' Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 79 (1). pp. 1-16.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2009) 'Negotiating License and Limits: expertise and innovation in Djenne's building trade.' Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 79 (1). pp. 71-91.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2008) 'Muscles, Morals and Mind: craft apprenticeship and the formation of person.' British Journal of Educational Studies, 56 (3). pp. 245-271.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2007) 'Fortifying Futures on Blessed Foundations: masons, secrets and guarantees in Djenné.' Mande Studies, 7. pp. 89-98.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2007) 'Vocational Migrants and a Tradition of Longing.' Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review: Journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, 19 (1). pp. 23-40.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2006) 'Le rôle des maçons et de l'apprentissage dans la pérennité de l'architecture vernaculaire de Djenné.' Djenné Patrimoine Informations, 21. pp. 14-16.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2005) 'Démêler le mystère de l’expertise des maçons.' Djenné Patrimoine Informations, 19. pp. 8-12.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2003) 'Bozo-Dogon Bantering: Policing Access to Djenne's Building Trade with Jests and Spells.' Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review: Journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, 14 (2). pp. 47-63.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2002) 'Bozo-Dogon Bantering: Policing Access to Djenne's Building Trade with Jests and Spells.' Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series, 145. pp. 23-47.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2002) 'Defining 'Tradition' in the Context of Yemen's Building Trade.' Al-Masar Journal, 3 (1). pp. 3-25.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2002) 'In the Shadow of a Master.' The British Yemeni Society Journal, 10. pp. 8-15.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2002) 'Moulding Minaret Makers in Sana'a.' Bulletin of the Society for Arabian Studies, 7. pp. 18-19.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2000) 'The Lore of the Master Builder: working with local materials and local knowledge in Sana'a, Yemen.' Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series, 137. pp. 1-17.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2000) 'Reconsidering the role of the Mosque Minaret in Sana'a.' Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 29. pp. 95-102.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (1999) 'Building Traditional Minarets in Sana'a, Yemen.' Proceedings of the Symposium on Mosque Architecture 1999, 4. pp. 127-139.

Monographs and Working Papers

Marchand, Trevor H.J., Aslan, Zaki, de Marco, Luisa, Hadzimuhamedovic, Amra, Kono, Toshiyuki and Lavenir, Marie-Laure (2021) ICOMOS-ICCROM Analysis of Case Studies in Recovery and Reconstruction, 3 volumes. Sharjah and Paris: ICCROM (Regional Office Sharjah) and ICOMOS.

Marchand, Trevor H.J., Kono, Toshiyuki, Lavenir, Marie-Laure, Kealy, Loughlin and de Marco, Luisa (2018) ICOMOS Global Case Study Project on Recovery and Reconstruction: Matrix for the Compilation of Case Studies. Paris: ICOMOS.

Book Reviews

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2019) 'Review Essay: "Building a World Heritage City - Sanaa, Yemen" by Michele Lamprakos.' British Foundation for the Study of Arabia (BFSA) Bulletin (24). pp. 50-53.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2019) '"Material is the Mother of Innovation": Review Essay of An Archaeology of Skill: Metalworking skill and material specialization in Early Bronze Age Central Europe, by Maikel H.G. Kuijpers, 2018.' Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 30 (1). pp. 175-177.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2016) 'Review of: "African Children at Work" edited by Gerhard Spittler and Michael Bourdillon.' Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 141 (1).

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2012) 'Learning, Education and Apprenticeship. [Review of] "Apprenticeship in Critical Ethnographic Practice" by Jean Lave.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 18 (1). pp. 209-210.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2012) 'Review of "Indispensable Eyesores: an anthropology of undesired buildings", by Mélanie van der Hoorn.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 18 (2). pp. 471-472.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2011) 'Review of "Dans la cite des marabouts" by Geert Mommersteeg.' Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 81 (3). pp. 503-505.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2011) 'Review of "The Art of Livelihood: creating expressive agri-culture in rural Mali" by Stephen Wooten.' International Review of African American Art, 44 (1). pp. 90-91.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2008) 'Modernity's Artisanal Roots. [Review of] The Body of the Artisan: Art and Experience in the Scientific Revolution by Pamela Smith.' The Senses and Society Journal, 3 (1). pp. 91-96.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2008) 'Review of "Hausa Urban Art and Its Social Background: External House Decorations in a Northern Nigerian City" by Friedrich W. Schwerdtfeger.' Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 78 (3). pp. 469-470.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2006) 'Review of "Landlords and Lodgers: socio-spatial organisation in an Accra community" by D. Pellow.' Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review: Journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, 17 (2).

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2004) 'Review of The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa.' Antiquity, 78 (301). pp. 738-740.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2002) 'Review of "Tradition and Society in Turkmenistan" [by C. Blackwell].' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 65 (3). pp. 592-594.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2002) 'Review of "Imagined Masculinities: male identity and culture in the modern Middle East" edited by M. Ghoussoub and E, Sinclair-Webb.' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 65 (1). pp. 183-185.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2000) 'Review of "House Life: space, place and family in Europe" edited by Birdwell-Pheasant and Lawrence-Zuniga.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 6 (3). pp. 565-566.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2000) 'Review of "How We Think They Think" [by M. Bloch].' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 63 (2). pp. 325-326.

Shows/Exhibitions

Marchand, Trevor H.J. and Ute, Franke (2018) Mit Augenmaß. Meisterwerke der Architektur im Jemen, at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, 13 July - 14 October 2018. [Shows/Exhibitions]

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2017) Dalla Terra al Cielo: un viaggio nell'architettura dello Yemen, at the Museo d'Arte Orientale (MAO), Turin, Italy, 10 October - 26 November 2017. [Shows/Exhibitions]

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2017) Buildings That Fill My Eye: Architectural Heritage of Yemen, at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, 13 July - 23 September 2017. [Shows/Exhibitions]

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2016) Radical Craft: Alternative Ways of Making. [Shows/Exhibitions]

Marchand, Trevor H.J. and Arnoldi, Mary Jo (2013) Mud Masons of Mali, Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, in the African Voices Hall Focus Gallery. [Shows/Exhibitions]

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2010) Djenne: African City of Mud, RIBA Exhibition, March 3 - May 29 2010. [Shows/Exhibitions]

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2021) "Craftwork is not the Easy Option": interview with Trevor H.J. Marchand. ZDH Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Oppenheimer, Todd and Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2019) 'The Intelligent Hand': Interview with Trevor Marchand. The Craftsmanship Initiative - The Magazine [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Audios

Marchand, Trevor H.J., Brewin, Kester and Severs, Jon (2019) TES Podagogy Podcast: Why We Need More Hands-on Learning in Schools. TES. [Audio]

Films

Kuijpers, Maikel, Marchand, Trevor H.J., Sennett, Richard and Adamson, Glenn (2019) 'The Future is Handmade'. A MINI-DOCUMENTARY presented by The Craftsmanship Initiative in collaboration with The Centre for Global Heritage and Development. The Craftsmanship Initiative.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2016) The Art of Andrew Omoding. . Available from https://youtu.be/zi13kf5rLpA.

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2015) The Intelligent Hand, (21 minute documentary film). . Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73VwgChjTyo.

Marchand, Trevor H.J., Arnoldi, Mary Jo and Durgerian, Pete (2013) Masons of Djenné, (22 minute documentary film). . Available from http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/mud-masons/meet-mud....

Marchand, Trevor H.J., Vogel, Susan and Sidibe, Samuel (2007) Future of Mud: a tale of houses and lives in Djenné (58-minute documentary film). Brooklyn, NY: Prince Street Pictures, distributed by First Run Icarus Films.

Other

Marchand, Trevor H.J. (2017) '"Buildings that Fill my Eye": an exhibition of architectural heritage in Yemen.' The Yemen Times .