A Gendered Therapeutic Learning Landscape: Responding Creatively to a Pandemic
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| Title: | A Gendered Therapeutic Learning Landscape: Responding Creatively to a Pandemic |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Foley, Annette, Weadon, Helen, McDonough, Sharon, Taylor, Rachel |
| Source: | Australian Journal of Adult Learning. Apr 2022 62(1):8-30. |
| Availability: | Adult Learning Australia. Office 1, Henderson House, 45 Moreland Street, Footscray VIC 3011, Australia. Tel: +61-3-9689-8623; e-mail: info@ala.asn.au; Web site: http://www.ala.asn.au |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 23 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Handicrafts, Females, Therapy, Well Being, COVID-19, Pandemics, Lifelong Learning, Social Support Groups, Communities of Practice, Motivation, Friendship, Computer Mediated Communication |
| ISSN: | 1443-1394 |
| Abstract: | Crafting has occupied the hands and minds of women over many centuries providing vital connections with cultural skills and with community. While the COVID-19 pandemic has isolated women in their homes, it has also provided opportunities for women to reconnect to crafting through virtual spaces. This paper draws on a thematic analysis of a focus group interview examining the experiences of regional women participating in a crafting group and identifies the ways in which they used craft to support their wellbeing. Drawing on the concept of therapeutic landscapes, the paper highlights that connection in a virtual craft group supports lifelong learning and wellbeing, brings women together in support through a community of women's practice and facilitates opportunities for producing meaningful and commemorative quilting projects This finding has implications for a society experiencing unprecedented levels of stress, mental illness and anxiety about the future. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2022 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1345867 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Crafting has occupied the hands and minds of women over many centuries providing vital connections with cultural skills and with community. While the COVID-19 pandemic has isolated women in their homes, it has also provided opportunities for women to reconnect to crafting through virtual spaces. This paper draws on a thematic analysis of a focus group interview examining the experiences of regional women participating in a crafting group and identifies the ways in which they used craft to support their wellbeing. Drawing on the concept of therapeutic landscapes, the paper highlights that connection in a virtual craft group supports lifelong learning and wellbeing, brings women together in support through a community of women's practice and facilitates opportunities for producing meaningful and commemorative quilting projects This finding has implications for a society experiencing unprecedented levels of stress, mental illness and anxiety about the future. |
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| ISSN: | 1443-1394 |
