Short biography:
Sharon Peoples was appointed Lecturer in the Internship Program of the Liberal Arts at the Research School of Humanities in 2008. She completed her PhD in 2008 in Fashion Theory within the Art History Department at the ANU. Her thesis investigated the issue of appearance and power in military uniforms in the eighteenth century. While this project began by examining cross-dressing in the military, the research turned to the formation of the ‘normative’ masculine body and examined how a female body might inhabit, not only such an institutional masculine dress, but also what Marcel Mauss termed ‘techniques of the body’. Sharon maintains a profile as an exhibiting artist, lecturing in textiles at the ANU School of Art, curating textile exhibitions and writing. Sharon worked with international architect, Romaldo Giugola, and completed the religious vestments for St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta. She has designed and completed two major commissions working with the ACT Embroiderers Guild: The Crimson Thread, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, and Patterns of Migration, National Maritime Museum of Australia, Sydney. She also lectured and tutored in the Art History Department ANU in 2005, was a craft critic for the Canberra Times from 2006-09. She is currently co-authoring The Fashion Book (Routledge) with Professor Jennifer Craik. |
Current Research Projects:
'The Fashion Book' co-authored with Prof Jennifer Craik which investigates fashion industry, education, and histories; identity and self; politics of fashion; and social change.
'Investigating Online Discussion for Reflective and Peer Learning in Postgraduate Education in Development Studies and Muaeum Studies' with Dr Elizabeth Beckmann and Dr Patrick Kilby |
