{"id":1224,"date":"2020-08-03T18:30:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feministssoa.group.shef.ac.uk\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2025-06-15T22:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T21:49:31","slug":"the-gift-of-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/?p=1224","title":{"rendered":"The Gift of Mat(t)er"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Title:<\/strong> <strong><strong>The Gift of Mat(t)er<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Author:<\/strong> Sigrid Muller<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Year:<\/strong> 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Abstract:<\/strong> This dissertation draws upon feminist theory to discuss notions of form, matter, materiality and \u2018gift giving\u2019 within architectural practice. Connections between matter and mater (mother) are investigated through discussion of work by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, MUF Art\/ Architecture and Tactility Factory. Case studies are interwoven with a narrative of domestic sewing practice by the author\u2019s mother, a practice of gift giving from everyday life, tying together discussions of theory and practice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The_Gift_of_Matter_Sigrid_Muller.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<a rel=\"license\" href=\" http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/ \"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons Licence\" style=\"border-width:0\" src=\"https:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/88x31.png \"><\/a><br><span xmlns:dct=\"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/ \" property=\"dct:title\">The Gift of Mat(t)er<\/span> by <span xmlns:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns# \" property=\"cc:attributionName\">Sigrid Muller <\/span> is licensed under a <a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/ \">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>.\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sigrid Muller, DipArch Dissertation, 2012. This dissertation draws upon feminist theory to discuss notions of form, matter, materiality and \u2018gift giving\u2019 within architectural practice. Connections between matter and mater (mother) [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[73,49,55],"class_list":["post-1224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications","tag-care","tag-methodology","tag-practice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1224"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2163,"href":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1224\/revisions\/2163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feminist.ssoa.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}