Undertaking practice-led research through a Queensland-wide women's history project

Authors

  • Bronwyn Fredericks

Abstract

This paper focuses on a practice-led research project, where the author as artist/researcher participates in a Queensland-wide women’s history project to celebrate Queensland’s Suffrage Centenary in 2005. The author participated in the Women’s Historical Shoebox Collection, where Queensland women were invited to decorate and fill a shoebox with personal and symbolic items that speak about their lives and the lives of their women forebears. This paper explores the practice-led research process that enabled the artist/researcher to design and assemble her contribution. Fredericks describes the iterative process of developing the shoebox and the themes that developed through her artistic practice. She also describes the content of her shoebox and explains the symbolism underpinning the items. The Women’s Historical Shoebox Collection is now owned by the State Library of Queensland and the Jessie Street National Women’s Library.

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Published

04-05-2014

How to Cite

Fredericks, B. (2014). Undertaking practice-led research through a Queensland-wide women’s history project. Action Learning and Action Research Journal, 20(1). Retrieved from https://alarj.alarassociation.org/index.php/alarj/article/view/115

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2014): Creative and expressive arts in action research and action learning

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Articles

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