Sustaining craft's heritage: Place, people and practice

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leads Digital and Embodied Knowledge group in the Centre for Fashion and Textile Research. Katherine’s current research (and PhD supervision) encompasses emotionally durable design, dress archives and wearables, social and sustainable textile innovation, including ethnographic work in Guatemala, supported by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). Katherine led the research projects/exhibitions: Closely Held Secrets (2010), Crafting Anatomies (2015) and Emotional Fit (2017) and has published outcomes in The Design Journal , Textile , Textile Design Research and Practice and Clothing Cultures.