Older women crafting ethical subjectivities in rural places Bay, Uschi, Maidment, Jane and Courtney, Michelle 2011, Older women crafting ethical subjectivities in rural places, in TASA 2011 : Local Lives/Global Networks : The Australian Sociological Association annual conference, Australian Sociological Association, [Newcastle, N. S. W.]. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads courtney-olderwomen-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 634.35KB 62 Title Older women crafting ethical subjectivities in rural places Author(s) Bay, Uschi Maidment, Jane Courtney, Michelle Conference name The Australian Sociological Association annual conference (2011 : Newcastle, N. S. W.) Conference location Newcastle, N. S. W. Conference dates 28 Nov-1 Dec. 2011 Title of proceedings TASA 2011 : Local Lives/Global Networks : The Australian Sociological Association annual conference Editor(s) Threadgold, Steven Kirby, Emma Germov, John Publication date 2011 Conference series The Australian Sociological Association annual conference Publisher Australian Sociological Association Place of publication [Newcastle, N. S. W.] Keyword(s) care of self Foucault subjectivities rural women craft Summary Over the last two years my colleagues and I conducted research conversations with older women living in rural Victoria about the meaning of craft in their lives. These conversations are the basis for our speculations on how women constitute ethical subjectivities through specific craft activities and through their engagement with Country Women Association (CWA) craft groups. The CWA is recognised as a ‘community of practice’ with local, regional, state, national and global networks, aiming to improve the lives of rural people. The focus of this paper, however, is on how ethical subjectivities by rural women are fashioned through specific involvements in craft activities and craft groups. I aim to elaborate on how Foucault’s later work on the ‘Care of the Self’ may open possibilities, even if limited, for understanding the complex ways women take up subject positions in interaction with historical, political, economic and social arrangements, and through engagement with specific institutions. For Foucault, ‘care of the self’ is an inherently social practice. Currently, modern power relations incite us to relate to our selves through self confessional and self-disciplining technologies. Could a differently constituted mode of self-care be drawn from the Ancient Greeks to offer us ideas for enacting personal and social transformations today? Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. ISBN 9780646567792 Language eng Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920299 Health and Support Services not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed ERA Research output type E Conference publication Copyright notice ©2011, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30041562 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to conference webpage Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 18 Jan 2012, 14:28:40 EST Thu, 02 Feb 2012, 14:51:26 EST Thu, 02 Feb 2012, 14:57:53 EST Thu, 02 Feb 2012, 15:00:31 EST Mon, 25 Mar 2013, 16:07:43 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 14:23:48 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:28:17 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:41:34 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 132 Abstract Views, 65 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 18 Jan 2012, 14:28:22 EST by Jane Moschetti