Stitching Together

“拼接在一起”项目旨在通过创建一个由研究人员、项目专员、专业纺织从业者和狂热制造者团体组成的可持续网络，提高对参与式纺织品制作的批判性理解，将其作为一种新兴的研究方法。它将围绕参与式纺织品制造方法建立关键对话，整理最佳实践示例，并论证其在研究中的价值。该网络将向学术和非学术受众传播这种知识，并推动新的参与性研究倡议。对缝纫和编织等纺织制作工艺的熟悉意味着这些活动对来自不同学科背景的参与者和研究人员来说是可行的，从临床医学和职业治疗到社区建设和可持续发展。研究人员利用参与式纺织品制作活动，在艺术、科学、社会、物质和文化价值等问题上获得了丰富的见解。尽管存在这种多样性，但很少有学术材料支持发展强有力的调查方法。尽管AHRC文化价值项目和连接社区研究揭示了更广泛的参与性艺术活动和社区参与问题，但在方法信心方面仍然存在问题，这限制了参与性纺织品制作特定领域的发展。相关的实践、伦理和概念挑战是在研究和非研究背景下遇到的，这表明了知识交流的范围，以增强影响和促进良好的研究实践。总之，该网络将探讨三个研究问题：-如何将参与式纺织品制作作为一种新的研究方法？-这对研究的有效性和有效性提出了什么问题？-参与式纺织项目如何吸引和影响参与者？该基金将资助围绕三个关键事件的网络活动，以回应研究问题：在萨默塞特郡的克莱希尔艺术学院举行的为期两天的案例研究研讨会将汇集研究人员，使用跨学科的参与式纺织品制作来检查这种新方法方法在研究环境中的使用方式。抽样这些不同的参与性制作活动将集中讨论，以便确定进一步探索的关键方法问题，并为第二次活动制定议程。在伯恩茅斯艺术大学举行的为期1天的批判性反思研讨会上，研究人员、来自相关学术领域的“批判性朋友”、项目专员和专业纺织从业者将重点研究这些新方法方法的有效性和有效性。研究结果将支持良好的实践指南和同行评审案例研究文章的关键反馈。在德比博物馆和艺术画廊为期1天的学习日将致力于探索这些参与式纺织品制作活动如何吸引和影响志愿者参与者。热情的创客团体将被邀请加入网络讨论，讨论志愿者参与的伦理、共同创作的作品和参与者在研究成果中的代表性。所有利益相关者群体之间的知识交流将促进新的合作研究查询。该网络将产生成果，供投资于参与性制作活动的学术和非学术受众使用：收集同行评议的案例研究文章；两篇关于这些方法的方法论价值的论文；针对博物馆/画廊外联协调员的会议论文；短片、说明性例子和良好做法指南，可通过专门的网站公开获取；并向具有决策影响力的机构分发一份报告。

The Stitching Together project aims to develop improved critical understandings of participatory textile making as an emerging methodological approach to research by creating a sustainable network of researchers, project commissioners, professional textile practitioners and enthusiast maker groups. It will establish critical dialogue around participatory textile making methods, collate examples of best practice and argue for their value in research. The network will disseminate this knowledge to academic and non-academic audiences and prompt new participatory research initiatives.The familiarity of textile making processes such as sewing and knitting means these activities are accessible to participants and researchers in varied contexts across a range of disciplines, from clinical medicine and occupational therapy to community building and sustainable development. Researchers using participatory textile making activities are gaining rich insights into questions of artistic, scientific, social, material and cultural value. Despite this diversity, there is little academic material supporting the development of robust investigative approaches. Although the AHRC Cultural Value project and Connected Communities research shed light onto broader participatory arts activities and issues of community engagement, there remains a problematic gap in methodological confidence which is limiting development in the specific field of participatory textile making. The associated practical, ethical and conceptual challenges are encountered in research and non-research contexts, indicating scope for knowledge exchange to enhance impact and promote good research practices. In summary, the network will explore three research questions:- How is participatory textile making being used as a new methodological approach to research?- What issues does this raise for the validity and effectiveness of the research?- How do participatory textile making projects engage and impact participants?The grant will fund network activities structured around three key events that respond to the research questions: A 2-day Case Study Workshop at Clayhill Arts, Somerset, will bring together researchers using participatory textile making across the range of disciplines to examine ways in which this new methodological approach is being used in research contexts. Sampling these diverse participatory making activities will concentrate discussion in order to identify key methodological issues for further exploration and set the agenda for the second event.A 1-day Critical Reflection Workshop at the Arts University Bournemouth, with input from researchers, 'critical friends' from associated academic fields, project commissioners and professional textile practitioners, will focus on investigating the validity and effectiveness of these new methodological approaches for research contexts. Findings will support good practice guidelines and critical feedback for peer reviewed case study articles.A 1-day Study Day at Derby Museum & Art Gallery will be dedicated to exploring how these participatory textile making activities engage and impact volunteer participants. Enthusiast maker groups will be invited to join network discussions on the ethics of volunteer participation, co-creation of works and participant representation in research outcomes. Knowledge exchange between all stakeholder groups will facilitate new lines of collaborative research enquiry.The network will produce outcomes accessible to academic and non-academic audiences invested in participatory making activities: a collection of peer reviewed case study articles; two further co-authored papers on the methodological value of these approaches; a conference paper targeting museum/gallery outreach coordinators; a short film, illustrative examples and good practice guidelines openly accessible via a dedicated website; and a report disseminated to agencies with policy making influence.