This case study explores a participatory textile making project by Jessica Jacobs, Andrea Morreau and Emily O’Mara. To see more case studies or find out how to contribute one yourself, click here. Title of case study project or workshop Our Hamlets – Counter Mapping Communities in Felt Name(s) of practitioner(s) and institution/organisation, if any Jessica …
CASE STUDY: Louise Scollay and Alison Mayne – Cleeking in the Archives
This case study explores a participatory textile making research project by Louise Scollay and Alison Mayne. All images are copyright Mihaela Bodlovic. To see more case studies or find out how to contribute one yourself, click here. Title of case study project or workshop Cleeking in the Archives Name(s) of researcher(s) and university affiliation, if …
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CASE STUDY: Shirley Mclauchlan – Personalised Stitching Workshop
This case study explores a participatory textile making project by Shirley Mclauchlan. To see more case studies or find out how to contribute one yourself, click here. Title of case study project or workshop Personalised stitching workshop Name(s) of practitioner(s) and institution/organisation, if any Shirley Mclauchlan, Edinburgh University Context for project Public engagement. I was …
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A brief summary of the second event: the Critical Reflection Workshop
On Tuesday 9th July we welcomed 18 attendees (including ourselves) to the Arts University Bournemouth for our second network event, the Critical Reflection Workshop. The weather was hot and the beach was close by, but an intense day with a full programme of workshop sessions kept us occupied! Our aim for the day was to …
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Informal Regional Meet Up – Edinburgh 18.7.2019
This week’s guest blog post comes from Alison Mayne. Alison has expertly condensed news of the informal regional meet up in Edinburgh and the wonderful variety of work presented into her account below. The thinking behind the meet up was to share some of the principles and experiences of the first residential event - both …
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Upcoming deadline – Stitching Together Special Edition
One of the major elements of the network's activity is a Special Edition of the Journal of Arts and Communities (published by Intellect Ltd). The aim of this Special Edition is to provide a collection of reflective case study articles that both document and critically examine methods and approaches to using participatory textile making as a …
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Gathering thoughts from the 1st network event
Before telling you all what we did during our second network event, the Critical Reflection workshop, I thought I would first gather together some of the key strands of thinking from the first event to remind us all of what we have so far. We have begun to analyse the material generated from our first …
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Our 2nd Stitching Together network event…. already!
Time has flown by since our first network event back in April. In this time, the network has continued to grow and we have welcomed new members. We have launched our Friday guest blog post, enabling the dialogue begun at our first event to continue to evolve and broaden across the whole network and beyond. …
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Informal network meet-up in Scotland
A Stitching Together network extension is on the horizon! It is wonderful to have so many of you interested in the work we are doing with the network, and, as we have said before, we wish we could invite everyone to our events. Although the AHRC network grant is enabling a lot of good work, …
The continuum of participatory textile making
Another Friday blog post! This one is by the Stitching Together Co-Investigator, Amy Twigger Holroyd: It was amazing to see the Case Study Workshop unfold, after so many months of imagining and bid-writing and planning. It led to rich discussions … and a big pile of notes! While there is much still to digest, I …
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