1/10/11 → 9/07/16
My research broadly explores the ‘Geographies of Making’ – thinking about contemporary impulses to make, mend and create and the communities that both sustain and develop these creative practices. I am interested in theories of materiality, embodiment, and production, consumption and labour.
My PhD research focused on knitting and spaces of amateur creativity. This included knitting as a form of craft consumption exploring event and festival spaces focused on textile making; community groups and the quiet politics of making things together, and knitting as ‘subversive’ practice, notably yarnbombing (knitted graffiti). I was supervised by Professor Phil Crang and advised by Dr Harriet Hawkins.
Teaching:
GG1011 Geographical Techniques (2012-2015)
GG3058 Geographies of Commodities (2011-2014)
GG2003 New York Fieldtrip (Project Leader: Made in Manhattan - Geographies of Making) (2014-2015)
GG3056 Creative Geographies: Spaces, Economies, and Practices (2013-2015)
Responsibilities:
Publicity and Web Officer for Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group (2012-2015)
Editorial Assistant to Gender, Place and Culture: Journal of Feminist Geography (2015 - present)
Administrative Assistant to 'Rediscovering London's Geography' project at Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) (2015-2016)
Writer: Educational Resources at Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) (2016 - present)
Education:
University of Sheffield MA (Distinction)
University of Manchester BA (1.1)
Brian Robson Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
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