Arts-Informed Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis : ‘Making’, as a means of embodied fashion enquiry into older men’s lived experiences
- Submitting institution
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Coventry University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 19379369
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1080/17569370.2018.1507167
- Title of journal
- Fashion Practice
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- First page
- 405
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- ISSN
- 1756-9370
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2018
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This journal article describes a qualitative, practice-based research project that adopted the lens of fashion and clothing to develop an in-depth understanding of how mature British men experience ageing.
A novel hybrid interdisciplinary methodology, Arts-Informed Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (A-IIP) was developed. The methodology is underpinned by two established research approaches: Arts-Informed Research (e.g. Cole and Knowles, 2008), and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (e.g. Smith et al. 2009). It tested the affordances of ‘making’ as means of data analysis, equal to writing. It enabled Sadkowska to use her skills and sensibilities as a creative practitioner and to blur the boundaries between the artificially disconnected domains of fashion research and practice.
Three suit jackets were created in response to empirical data gathered via in-depth interviews and personal inventories. Underpinned by transparent, rigorous and robust processes of data collection and analysis, ‘making’, as a means of embodied, visual enquiry became an analytical tool, sensitive to context and coherent insights into older men’s lived experiences. The making processes involved: de-construction of second-hand garments; a scenario-based reflective performance; visiting clothing archives; and various practical fashion and textile experimentations such as creative pattern cutting and surface embellishment.
The research outcomes have led to a number of short fashion films and corresponding men’s jackets, which were presented to the public in a fashion research exhibition. The research contributions lie in a) novel investigation into mature men’s experiences of ageing through the lens of fashion and clothing; b) application of a unique hybrid methodology, A-IIP; and c) the original practice outcomes.
The research has disseminated via conferences and exhibition including Research through Design 2017, Crafting Anatomies, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham; and 2016 End of Fashion, Wellington, New Zealand), alongside an article in the Conversation, and an edited book chapter.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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