These blog posts will take you through to the Brigstow Institute Blog page.
The Co-Stitch Initiative and what it’s taught me about stitching
By Kate Bowen-Viner, PhD candidate and Brigstow Co-Stitch Researcher
When I was 15 years old, I was an avid stitcher and sewer. I even sewed a silk dress for my then two year old niece and hand embroidered the decorations (see picture below)! I’m not sure exactly why, but I stopped sewing/stitching regularly after that project. Recently though, through my role as a researcher on Brigstow’s Co-Stitch initiative, I’ve been rekindling an interest in stitching and what it does in communities.. (read more)
The association of stitching to health and wellbeing
By Kate Bowen-Viner, PhD candidate and Brigstow Co-Stitch Researcher
The Co-Stitch Initiative is a co-produced research project bringing together academics from across the University of Bristol with civic partners, groups, individuals and the creative industries to explore what stitching does in communities. As part of the initiative, facilitators are working with participants in different communities across the Bristol region and supporting them with stitching… (read more)
The “Co-Stitch” Initiative shows us about research impact
By Kate Bowen-Viner, PhD candidate and Brigstow Co-Stitch Researcher
According to the UKRI, research impact is the effect that knowledge generated in research has beyond academia. As such, and as Śliwa and Kellard (2022) point out, in academia it is often assumed that research impact is quantifiably measurable and happens after a researcher has… (read more)