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Fabricating herstory: Using embroidery to map Bedouin tribal borders in South Sinai
- Source: Journal of Arts & Communities, Volume 11, Issue ‘Stitching Together’ Part Two, Dec 2020, p. 109 - 127
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- 22 Oct 2019
- 22 May 2020
- 01 Dec 2020
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Abstract
Research into Bedouin culture by predominantly male scholars has tended to rely on analysing nineteenth-century traveller accounts, Cartesian maps and documenting oral histories. Much less attention has been paid to the role of Bedouin women’s handicrafts as a form of mapping and cultural knowledge production. In this article I reflect on the impact of commissioning an embroidered map of the Sinai during a British Academy/Leverhulme funded research project on Bedouin tribal borders and consider how collaborative engagements with traditional women’s handicrafts can be used as a form of artistic research practice, historical analysis and community mapping.
Funding
- British Academy and Leverhulme Trust (Award SG132809)
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