Managing Illness through Creative Engagement: Women, HIV and the Stitches Doll Project
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.
Managing Illness through Creative Engagement: Women, HIV and the Stitches Doll Project
2074
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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