Stitching Together

缝合项目旨在通过创建一个由研究人员、项目专员、专业纺织从业者和爱好者制造商团体组成的可持续网络，提高对参与式纺织制造的批判性理解，将其作为一种新兴的研究方法。它将围绕参与式纺织制造方法建立批判性对话，整理最佳实践的例子，并论证它们在研究中的价值。该网络将向学术和非学术受众传播这一知识，并推动新的参与性研究倡议。对缝纫和针织等纺织制造过程的熟悉意味着参与者和研究人员可以在不同的背景下接触到各种学科，从临床医学和职业治疗到社区建设和可持续发展。使用参与式纺织制造活动的研究人员正在对具有艺术、科学、社会、材料和文化价值的问题获得丰富的见解。尽管存在这种多样性，但支持发展强有力的调查方法的学术材料很少。虽然AHRC文化价值项目和互联社区研究揭示了更广泛的参与性艺术活动和社区参与的问题，但在方法信心方面仍然存在一个有问题的差距，这限制了参与性纺织制造特定领域的发展。相关的实际、伦理和概念挑战是在研究和非研究的背景下遇到的，这表明了知识交流的空间，以加强影响和促进良好的研究做法。总而言之，该网络将探索三个研究问题：-参与式纺织制造如何被用作一种新的研究方法方法？-这对研究的有效性和有效性提出了什么问题？-参与式纺织制造项目如何吸引和影响参与者？赠款将为围绕三个关键事件构建的网络活动提供资金：在萨默塞特郡克莱希尔艺术举行的为期两天的案例研究研讨会将把使用参与式纺织制造的研究人员聚集在一起，检查这种新的方法方法在研究环境中的使用方式。对这些不同的参与式制作活动进行抽样将集中讨论，以确定进一步探索的关键方法问题，并为第二次活动设定议程。在伯恩茅斯艺术大学举行的为期一天的批判性反思研讨会，将重点调查这些新方法方法在研究背景下的有效性和有效性，来自相关学术领域的研究人员、关键朋友、项目专员和专业纺织从业者将提供意见。调查结果将支持同行评审案例研究文章的良好实践指导方针和批判性反馈。在德比博物馆和美术馆举行的为期一天的学习日将致力于探索这些参与性纺织制造活动如何吸引和影响志愿者参与者。热心创作者团体将被邀请参加关于志愿者参与、共同创作作品和研究成果中参与者代表的道德问题的网络讨论。所有利益攸关方群体之间的知识交流将有助于开展新的合作研究。该网络将产生成果，供参与制定活动的学术和非学术受众查阅：同行评议的案例研究文章集；关于这些方法的方法价值的另外两篇共同撰写的论文；一份针对博物馆/画廊外联协调员的会议文件；一部短片、说明性例子和良好做法准则，可通过专用网站公开查阅；以及向具有决策影响力的机构散发的报告。

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.