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Needlework
Author(s) -
Chin Elizabeth
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
feminist anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2643-7961
DOI - 10.1002/fea2.12009
Subject(s) - ethnography , reflexivity , feeling , sociology , mode (computer interface) , aesthetics , flags register , visual arts , epistemology , work (physics) , art , anthropology , computer science , philosophy , engineering , operating system , mechanical engineering
Exploring needlework as a mode of feminist ethnographic knowledge‐making, this reflexive and reflective piece focuses on the ways in which making Vodou flags serves to expand my own practice. In particular, how does needlework compel ways of thinking and feeling that exist beyond language? How do durational investments of time and work allow an expansion of ethnographic knowing?