'Sewing Is Part of Our Tradition': A Case Study of Sewing as a Strategy for Arts-Based Inquiry in Health Research With Inuit Women
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
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| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | University of Guelph, Memorial University of Newfoundland, University of Alberta Library, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada |
| ANO | Não informado |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| DOI | 10.1177/10497323211042869 |
| CITAÇÕES | 1 |
| ADICIONADO EM | Não informado |
Resumo
In this article, we present a case study of sewing as a strategy for arts-based inquiry in health research, situated within a broader project that highlighted Nunavut Inuit women's childbirth experiences. Five focus groups were hosted as sewing sessions with pregnant women ( N = 19) in Iqaluit, Nunavut (2017–2018). Women's reflections on the sessions, and the significance of sewing to Inuit, were integrated with researchers' critical reflections to examine the value of sewing as a strategy for arts-based inquiry within a focus group method: results related to the flexibility of the sessions; how collective sewing created space for voicing, sharing, and relating; sewing as a tactile and place-specific practice tied to Inuit knowledge and tradition; and lessons learned. Our results underscore the possibilities of arts-based approaches, such as sewing, to enhance data gathering within a focus group method and to contribute to more locally appropriate, place-based methods for Indigenous health research.