Arctic terns : writing and art-making our way through the pandemic

• Published in: Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies
• Main Authors: Speedy, Jane, Davies, Bronwyn, Gannon, Susanne (R10967), Kirkpatrick, Davina, Laidler, Carol, Linnell, Sheridan (R12178)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: U.S., Sage Publications 2022
• Subjects: 441006 - Sociological methodology and research methods; 280122 - Expanding knowledge in creative arts and writing studies; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1177/15327086211072265; https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:67758

We call ourselves the Arctic terns after the birds that migrate between the northern and southern hemispheres. Three of us live in south-west Britain and three in south-east Australia. We tried to make sense of our lockdown lives and the ways we were imbricated in world events. We wrote and made art in response. We read our work to each other and showed each other our artworks. The material practices we developed helped make the pandemic endurable, and at times hilarious. Here we share some of our work and some of our thinking about why it matters.