Re-Making fashion experience: a model for ‘participatory research through clothing design’
- Submitting institution
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Coventry University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 31252512
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1386/jaac_00012_1
- Title of journal
- Journal of Arts and Communities
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- First page
- 13
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1-2
- ISSN
- 1757-1936
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- Yes
- Additional information
- The article presents a participatory research model based on two case studies 1. Sadkowska’s PhD project ‘Re-Materialising Mature Men’s Experiences of Fashion and Clothing’, and 2. Emotional Fit: Designing a new fashion methodology with older women’ which was underpinned by Sadkowska’s research processes and findings, and where she was responsible for developing and implementing the participatory research techniques.
Based on a critical analysis of these two consecutive collaborative research inquiries, this article posits a working model of ‘participatory research through clothing design’. The participatory model builds on Roger Hart’s (1992), ‘Ladder of Participation’ developed for working with children, which was a further interpretation of Sherry Arnstein’s (1969) ‘Ladder of Citizen Participation’.
The authors offer a new five stage model of participation: (1) communicating and listening, (2) involving, (3) activating and responding, (4) consulting and (5) sharing, for craft-based research. The practical opportunities and ethical responsibilities faced by researchers when making with others are discussed, while delineating some of the challenges and potential pitfalls raised by both case studies.
The ‘participatory research through clothing design’ model has been tested through a series of creative practical workshops delivered to Coventry University BA Fashion students; and was also implemented during a collaborative project between Murray Uniforms, BA Fashion and BA International Fashion Business students, resulting in design work being exhibited in Kew Gardens, London, UK.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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