CV

Education

PhD in Area and Development Studies

PhD. University of Bath, 2022. From Reed-Weaving to Embroidery: An Investigation into Transitions of Craft Practice Among Craftswomen in Southeast Madagascar.

MRes International Development (Distinction)

University of Bath, 2016

Graduate Diploma: Creative Business Development

Manchester Metropolitan University BA (Hons)

Embroidery (First Class Hons)

Manchester Metropolitan University BA (Hons)

NCFE Craft Bookbinding

Leeds College of Technology

BA Design: Textiles

Glasgow School of Art

BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies: Art and Design (Distinction with Commendation)

Leeds College of Art

Films

Mahampy, Material of Life (Director, Editor)
Documentary, 15 mins, 2022

Gny Rary Tsihy Tsy Enganay / We’re Not Leaving the Mat Weaving (Director, Editor)
Documentary, 12 mins, 2022

Publications

• Brown, S.E., 2020. To be ‘skilled’ or not to be ‘skilled’? A case study exploring the interaction of two crafts in anthropological fieldwork in Madagascar. Journal of Arts & Communities, 10(1-2), pp.53-66.
• Brown, S.E., 2019. The embeddedness of craft making and its implications for participatory design: A north–south case study. Making Futures Journal, 5.

Conference presentations

• Gny rary tsihy tsy enganay (‘We’re not leaving the mat weaving’): Transitions of craft practice in southeast Madagascar. Presentation online. Textile Society of America, Symposium ‘Shifts and Strands’, 2024
• Making research and researching making: Creative tools to analyse an experimental methodology developed with craftswomen in Madagascar. Online presentation. European Association of Social Anthropologists Conference ‘Doing and Undoing with Anthropology’, 2024.
• Making Futures People, Place, Meaning: Crafting Social Worlds and Social Making, 2019

Preceedings

• The embeddedness of craft making and its implications for participatory design: A north – south case study. Making Futures, 5.
• Brown, S., 2019. The embeddedness of craft making and its implications for par- ticipatory design: A north – south case study. Making Futures, 5, in press.

Teaching

• The embeddedness of craft making and its implications for participatory design: A north – south case study. Making Futures, 5.
• Brown, S., 2019. The embeddedness of craft making and its implications for par- ticipatory design: A north – south case study. Making Futures, 5, in press.
• Visual methods in social research methods for undergraduates
• History of Anthropology
• Textile Society of America paper
• EASA paper
• Making Futures
• Making Futures
• Film festivals
• Tokyo International Documentary Festival