Stitching at the End of the World

Methods North West highlights the depth and breadth of methodological expertise in the social sciences within the Universities of Lancashire, Keele, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester. It promotes and facilitates methodological excellence, innovation and inter-disciplinarity - within and beyond the social sciences.Methods North West lunchtime seminars are designed for researchers adopting social science and humanities research methods and approaches. They attract an engaged audience and provide the ideal forum to share and discuss the latest innovative inter-disciplinary research methods, techniques and methodologies. We run events throughout the year for researchers (PGR/academic or from the private, third or community sector) that provide something a little different to the standards methods training.

Methods North West

A one-day workshop to carry out a collaborative stitching programme.

Manchester Museum

A one-day workshop to carry out a collaborative stitching programme. Inspired by the art project Kill Your Phone <a href="https://killyourphone.com/" title="https://killyourphone.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://killyourphone.com/</a>, an open workshop format. The day will involve the hands-on sewing of phone pouches using EMS fabric (a Faraday material) that shields devices from electromagnetic signals. During the workshop, participants will engage with notions of cybersecurity, personal privacy, the future of digital technology, and the application of ‘smart textiles’. The workshop will open dialogues about the implications of future fabrics, the possibilities they offer and possible other applications in our digital world. This event will promote the application of craft-making as a methodological device for participants to engage with contemporary and pressing discourses within academia and current affairs. Materialising the interdisciplinary collaboration between material sciences, craft and anthropology, it will explore how seemingly intangible topics such as radio signals, technological and cellular eavesdropping, voice recognition, and GPS tracking can be engaged with creatively through making practices.This workshop is for PGRs only.