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A Special Occupation: Commissioning an Heirloom

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ID12644649
AuthorsIrene Ilott (0000-0003-0315-6572, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume13
Issue2-3
Pages145-148
Publication date2006-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Occupational Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1442-7591 • E-ISSN: 2158-1576
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14427591.2006.9726507
OpenAlexW2321299196
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited8

Objects are intrinsic to many occupations and heirlooms, or inherited keepsakes, are a special category of objects that give tangible evidence of continuity across generations. This paper contains a retlexive account of commissioning a textile artist to change everyday, handcrafted objects into heirlooms. The aim was to transform individual, cherished possessions into the inalienable wealth of my family. Each stage of the commissioning process is described to convey the multiple meanings of this consumer behaviour that produced a memorial that embodies the essence of a working c1ass woman. Commissioning also proved to be an adaptive coping strategy because it added a creative purpose to life whilst dealing with bereavement

Aesthetics · Art · Coping (psychology · Epistemology · Everyday life · Literature · Process (computing · Project commissioning · Psychotherapist · Publishing · Sociology · Computer Science · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior · Philosophy · Psychology

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