Body, Craft, and Wellbeing: Feminist Explorations of An Embodied Approach

Abstract

Grounded in feminist perspectives, Xinglin’s research examines the entanglements of women’s bodily experience, craft practices, and pervasive technologies. This talk will first present a prior study that investigates how embodied approaches can facilitate stress self-disclosure among adolescent girls. It will then draw on the Embodied Embroidery workshop, where embroidery was employed as a medium to foster reflection and support women’s mental wellbeing. The talk will conclude with her recent studio project, introduced as a provocation to reflect on the tensions between feminist HCI research and its translation into everyday practice within the Chinese context.

Bio

Xinglin Sun is a PhD candidate at the College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University. She holds an MA in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art and a BA in Visual Communication from the Communication University of China. Xinglin is also a Partner and Creative Director at ALINE STUDIO, where she leads the interactive experience design practice.