Managing Illness through Creative Engagement: Women, HIV and the Stitches Doll Project

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Jacqueline Lewis

Location

2074

Format Type

Paper

Start Date

January 2015

End Date

January 2015

Abstract

The Stitches Doll Project is a community-based initiative that enables women and girls to express their feelings about living with HIV/AIDS through creating a doll that speaks for them. This paper explores the meaning making and identity work/repair articulated through textile creation and the cultural transmission of oral histories.

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Managing Illness through Creative Engagement: Women, HIV and the Stitches Doll Project

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The Stitches Doll Project is a community-based initiative that enables women and girls to express their feelings about living with HIV/AIDS through creating a doll that speaks for them. This paper explores the meaning making and identity work/repair articulated through textile creation and the cultural transmission of oral histories.