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Queertexturalities

Drawing on his previous research within the field of queer studies [as published in Art Becomes You, and The Art of Queering in Art] the researcher conceived of the idea for the publication. Over a significant period of time the researcher has discussed this project with other researchers and invited proposals for inclusion. Some researchers were invited directly others were selected from a call for papers. The researcher reviewed a range of material on queer and arts based research and methodology and strategies. The project set out to explore what queer methodologies and strategies of production may afford to art based practice particularly within the context of research.

The researcher is interested in the complex movements [or indeed motions] of ‘queer’ in relationship to the physicality of the textual and the textural and therefore material encounters. The project explores the strategies within queer studies that offer up ways of reimagining methods and methodologies in arts practice within the context of research. This publication is therefore significant because it begins to develop an understanding of ‘queer’ as models of practice that can be strategically employed in the context of art and its production. The project is intended to provide researchers with a tool for understanding. This publication is

important in that it provides researchers with a new resource and will have a positive impact on the further development of curriculum in this area especially with regard to Queer Studies in Arts and Culture.