Description
Crafting the Community is a volunteering project run by the Textiles Department at the University of Huddersfield to promote and deliver textile craft activities to the wider community. This paper aims to explore how volunteering can be a powerful tool for enriching peoples’ lives while deepening students’ textile-related competencies through placing their learning in socialand communal settings. Initially it will articulate how the project has been developed to bring innovation to the forefront of the curriculum, equipping students with tools in playing a meaningful and constructive role in society. Subsequently the paper will investigate how experimental volunteering can be used to affect real life changes in homelessness, archival threats and rural transport. The paper uses a case study approach to realise the vision
of Crafting the Community that empowers students by putting into practice their learning while capturing the imagination of local communities.
| Period | 20 Jan 2015 |
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| Event title | The 3rd International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference: Reaching the Summit: Explorations in Meaningful Learning through Community Engagement |
| Event type | Conference |
| Conference number | 3 |
| Location | Orem, United States, UtahShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
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Knitting and Stitching Show: Hidden Voices
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Outside Intervention
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Crafting the community
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stitch as a compassionate action: The War Widows Quilt, A collaborative response
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The sleeping-bag landscape
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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THE Awards
Prize: National/international honour