Dr Siún Carden
Shetland College 91视频网
Available to talk to the media about
- Knitwear production in Shetland and Ireland, such as 'fair isle' and 'Aran' knitting
- Care experienced young people in Scottish island places.
- Islands and the creative industries
In these languages
EnglishBiography
Si煤n Carden is a research fellow at the 91视频网. She is principal investigator on Home and Belonging, an arts-based research project with care experienced young people and their communities. This work is supported with funding from the Life Changes Trust. The trust is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. Si煤n teaches on the university鈥檚 MA art and social practice, within which she leads a module on communities of practice. Si煤n鈥檚 background is in anthropology and her research interests include creative economies in rural places, islands, craft and textiles.
Current research
Home and Belonging, an arts-based research project with care experienced young people and their communities. This work is supported with funding from the Life Changes Trust. The Trust is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.
Selected publications
Carden, S. 2019. 鈥楾he Place of Shetland Knitting鈥�. Textile: Cloth and Culture 17(3): 357-367.
Carden, S. 2018. 鈥楾he Aran Jumper鈥�. In Design Roots: Local Products and Practices in a Globalized World, eds. Stuart Walker, Martyn Evans, Jeyon Jung, Tom Cassidy and Amy Twigger-Holroyd. Bloomsbury Academic
Carden, S. 2017. 鈥楾he Gaeltacht Quarter of Mural City: Irish in Falls Road Murals鈥�. In Murals and Tourism: Heritage, Politics and Identity. Skinner, J. & Jolliffe, L. (eds.). Routledge Press, New York. p. 236-253
Carden, S. 2014. 鈥楥able Crossings: The Aran Jumper as Myth and Merchandise鈥�. Costume 48(2):260-275
Carden, S. 2012. 鈥楳aking space for tourists with minority languages: the case of Belfast鈥檚 Gaeltacht Quarter鈥�. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change 10: 1, 51-64