Stitch'nBitch

Cyberfeminism, a Third Place and the New Materiality

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2390888
AutoresStella Minahan (Deakin University, autor de correspondencia), Julie Wolfram Cox (0000-0002-5738-9745, Deakin University)
Año2007
Volumen12
Número1
Páginas5-21
Fecha de publicación2007-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Material Culture (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359183507074559
OpenAlexW1982026074
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas58
Referencias citadas17

We discuss the emergence of a new craft movement known as Stitch'nBitch. Prevalent around the globe, particularly among women, this movement is based locally in places such as hotels and cafes, and virtually using the internet. The women meet to knit, stitch and talk. The groups use new technologies as an enabler and resource exchange. At the same time, their presence can be seen, in part, as a negative response to major political, social and technological changes including globalization, terrorism, damage to the environment and the dislocation of the Information Society. We introduce five themes to assist in the development of a research agenda into this new form of material culture, discussing (1) remedial, (2) progressive, (3) resistance, (4) nostalgic and (5) ironic possibilities. Each is considered in terms of their respective foci on community, cyberfeminism, craft, conservation and comment

Archaeology · Craft · Globalization · Globe · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Terrorism · The Internet · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · History · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Law · Psychology