Conference papers and presentations
Mirabilia Domestica - a cabinet of textile wonders
To Think is To Experiment, Centre for Narrative Research, University of East London, 18 May 2011
Mirabilia Domestica - a guided tour through a cabinet of textile wonders
7 - 9 September 2010
The textile self re/collected: stories from the fabric of life
Archives and Life-History Research Workshop
(EUROQUAL- Archives Workshop)
Madrid, 20 - 24 September 2009
The textile self re/collected: stories from the fabric of life
Storytelling, memories and identity constructions
Annual Humanities Summer Conference
organized by Enkidu Magazine and the International Society for Cultural History and Cultural Studies
Mexico City, 1 - 5 July 2009
Mirabilia Domestica: Textiles as Method
Researching tangibility and intangibility, Realities NCRM Node, University of Manchester 5 June 2009
“The more art, the more science” – Narrative Interpretations of Art (and Life)
Research into Practice Conference
Organized by the University of Hertfordshire, Royal Society of Arts, London 31 October 2008
Full paper published in Working Papers for Art and Design
Materials, Metaphors and Memories: Re/collecting the textile Self
ARCHIVE FEVER 2
Building Material and Virtual Archives: Collections in the Making
CHRRC, Goldsmiths, University of London, 12 September 2008
Can knitting socks be scholarly research? How to think through the fabric of life
Vital Signs: Researching Real Life
University of Manchester, 10 September 2008
Not Just For The Eyes: Art and the Senses
Get in Touch: Tactile Art at Eastbourne Blind Society
Eastbourne, 17 March 2008
An Intricate Net of Affect: Textile Stories and Memories
European Textile Network Conference
London, 14 September 2007
Familiar Fabrics and Family Stories: The Narrative Power of Everyday Textiles
British Sociological Association Conference
University of East London, 14 April 2007
Thinking through the Fabric of Life: Text, Textiles, Texture
To Think is to Experiment, Centre for Narrative Research
University of East London, 27 April 2006
http://www.uel.ac.uk/cnr/tothinkistoexperiment.htm