Value Of Craftsmanship

Still brainstorming on ideas (and this can definitely be incorporated into the ideas from the previous post), but I would like also to explore the value of craftsmanship.
In an age where we have technology doing everything for us, from building cars to architectural design, we are losing the value of work of the human hands.
In Italy, there is a town near Venice that exists solely because of its chair-making industry (actually, TIME did an article on it a year or so ago). This town, is - was the biggest producer of chairs in Europe and a competitor in the world. Not lawn chairs, but dining chairs; quality work. Quality work made by men who were carpenters. Men who took pride in their work, which gave them great satisfaction.
Then along came China, and companies that could produce the same chairs for a fraction of the price. There's one difference; the human touch. Now the future of the town is not so certain, as many shops have begun to close.

Needless to say, Schumacher wrote about this, and it was through his book that I was able to organize my scattered, previous thoughts on the matter.

Obviously my E.E cannot be focused solely on this (although a study of the town near Venice is feasible), but it is definitely something that I feel should be incorporated in my Extended Essay.