Martina Angela Caretta
Senior lecturer
Women and Water : An Art-Based Academic-Community Partnership
Author
Summary, in English
Women constitute most volunteer water stewards in West Virginia. After having conducted participatory research on the motivations behind women’s engagement with water preservation and restoration work we carried out two participatory art-based activities. In this Practices and Curations, we reflect on these two art-based activities to facilitate networking between researchers and participants and to communicate to the wider public the role of women water stewards. Together with community partners we first organized an icebreaker for women to share a boundary object that signified their connection with water. These boundary objects were subsequently displayed in an art exhibit highlighting women’s connection to water, their reasons for care work and the consistent role they had played in environmental preservation in West Virginia. We conclude by providing incitements to our fellow academics to engage with art in participatory geographical research as a learning experience that can overturn the common researcher-researched power dynamics.
Department/s
- LU Profile Area: Human rights
- Department of Human Geography
Publishing year
2024
Language
English
Pages
231-244
Publication/Series
Geohumanities
Volume
10
Issue
1
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Topic
- Visual Arts
Keywords
- care work
- community partnership
- water
- West Virginia
- women
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2373-566X