| Summary: | Diverse experiences and expressions of place are explored through life stories and craft works of sixteen ceramic artists living in Newfoundland and Southern New Zealand. This arts-informed research suggests, in its form, a method of representing what is often ephemeral knowledge: knowledge about the intersections between our lives and the places we live. Structurally, I borrow the concept of a terroir dossier used in making decisions regarding heritage food labeling in France, which necessitates producers document the history of their food product in detail in order to receive designation as a heritage food product. I expand on this structure to include stories about a potters’ processes of inspirations, learning, making, making a living, and preserving. I tell these stories borrowing document conventions typically used in museum exhibition catalogues, such as the use of photos and short panel texts. I am inspired by place-based exhibitions in this work and as a response have created a catalogue for an imagined exhibition about ceramics in Newfoundland and New Zealand. Ph.D.
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