Catherine Cartwright

participatory artist and researcher
United Kingdom
research interests: trauma, ethics, Participatory Art, participatory arts, Printmaking, collage, collaboration, Spaces
affiliation: University of Exeter, University of the West of England
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Catherine Cartwright is a participatory artist and printmaker undertaking her PhD into trauma-sensitive arts practice, working with research partner Devon Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Services, and using printmaking and artist books as creative methods. Catherine is keen to explore the potential of arts-based methodologies in supporting community engagement and democratising research. Catherine’s PhD is funded by the South West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership and she is based at the University of Exeter (Cultural Geography) and the University of the West of England (Centre for Fine Print Research).

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  • The application of creative practice as a means of disrupting or re-defining the dynamics of power in, with or for different communities. (2022) author(s): Sabrin Hasbun, Gareth Osborne, Rachel Carney, Julika Gittner, Catherine Cartwright, agnes villette, Harry Matthews published in: Journal for Artistic Research
    In this exposition, seven research practitioners investigate how creative practice can be applied as a form of knowledge production in order to disrupt or re-define the dynamics of power in a range of different contexts. These applications of creative practice take varied and complex forms, often transferring creativity from the practitioner-researcher to their participants, increasing participant agency or re-defining existing hierarchies, as they form, empower, and enlighten real and conceptual communities. This collaborative exposition has been developed through presentations and discussions over the course of two years. Although each researcher applies different methodologies to their individual projects, our work as a group followed a pattern of creative practice, reflection, and reformulation, as we responded to each other’s research, creating a research community of our own. We want to emphasize that creative practice can not only disrupt or re-define the dynamics of power in a range of different contexts, but that it can do this in an infinite number of ways. In this variety and adaptability lies the potential of creative research.
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