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For a more detailed reflection on the project as collaborative research practice, see -
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Inspiration for a textile-based arts project came from previous projects including inter-faith or intercultural projects including Women Weaving Wisdom -
Her writing and community engagement work are often inspired by the history of migration, which is the topic of her academic work as a researcher and historian in the geography department at UCL -
Design, material culture and popular creativity in suburban faith communities' (grant reference: AH/ M001636/1). For further details, see the project webpage -
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(1999)
Shamiana: The Mughal Tent (London: Victoria and Albert Museum
- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2018
- ISSN
- 1474-4740
- eISSN
- 1477-0881
- DOI
- 10.1177/1474474018792703
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
This article reflects on creative arts practice as a means to research the interrelationships of creativity and faith through discussion of a textile-based arts project undertaken with women of diverse religious backgrounds in West London. Building on research on the significance of vernacular religious textiles in community space and in domestic religious practice, the arts project developed a collective embroidery installation exploring the theme of prayer and its intersections with embodied practices of creativity and biographical narratives of faith, migration and home.
Journal
Cultural Geographies – SAGE
Published: Jan 1, 2019
Keywords: creativity; embroidery; faith; home; textiles