Opinion
How a Basket Empire Wove the Myth of America
As Longaberger's iconic headquarters sit empty, the baskets survive as artifacts of a national identity that commodified craft and packaged settler colonialism as heritage.
Poppy DeltaDawn is an artist and writer making work about modernity, cultural production, and identity. She is an Assistant Professor of Textiles + Fiber at the University of Kansas and is the author of “RATIO: Digital Weaving to Change the World.”