Abbey Regional Addiction Services has identified that the group of women they work with wish to explore education as a tool to maintaining the changes they have made in their lives.
Simone de Beauvoir once said, “One is not born a woman, but rather becomes one.”
This will be done by introducing Women’s Studies in a creative way using quilt making. Working on a joint project, participants will learn the skills necessary to create a basic patchwork quilt. During the course, using informal discussion, we will also examine issues relevant to participants and challenge negative stereotypes of women. Possible topics include how gender is constructed, women and work, care for children, sexuality, women and resistance, modern definitions of family life and gender roles, and the values, traditions, practices and perspectives that are often considered distinctly female. Using quilt making as an example, we will discuss how women have created their own power—and even subversion—within their roles as women.
Berni Smyth – Tutor
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Women’s Studies through Quilt Making,
Newbridge
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