fostering critical dialogue around participatory textile making methods in research and practice
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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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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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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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, …
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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We have been looking forward to sharing our second Friday guest blog post with you. This one comes from Alison Mayne. Part of what ‘stitches’ us together in this network is the belief, understanding and experience that working with participants in textile making has the potential to open up remarkable conversations. Network members including Emma …
This case study explores a participatory textile making research project by Emma Shercliff. To see more case studies or find out how to contribute one yourself, click here. Title of case study project or workshop Articulating Stitch Name(s) of researcher(s) and university affiliation, if any Emma Shercliff, Arts University Bournemouth Context for research I explored …
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In an earlier post we mentioned the importance of keeping in sight the nuanced and subtle differences between all the varied ways of using participatory textile making activities for research. This is one of the strengths of this approach. The endless combinations of people, materials and techniques set to work in carefully considered locations and …
We are delighted to share with you our first Friday guest blog post! We want to use this space to open our discussions about participatory textile making to a wider audience. Today's guest post comes from Lynn Setterington. This post comes not in response to Emma’s, as I was almost done writing this when her comments …
Our first Stitching Together network event went really well. We welcomed a group of 13 researchers (including ourselves) to our Case Study Workshop at the wonderful Clayhill Arts in Somerset. Over two intense days we all had a chance to ‘taste’ a variety of participatory textile making workshops. Lynn Setterington introduced us to Suffolk puffs, emphasising the …
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