Rachael Matthews Livres

Rachael Matthews is a working-class poet who paints poetic miniatures of domestic and psychological interiors. Her debut pamphlet, do not be lulled by the dainty starlike blossom, is a playful, dark meditation on the queer body as site of pleasure, connection, fertility, loss and trauma. Matthews finished writing these poems during lockdown, while she was heavily pregnant with her daughter. It was an unwitnessed pregnancy, experienced in isolation from friends and family, and invisible to the psychotherapy patients she was treating virtually when New York City became the global epicentre of the pandemic. Resilience and hope are woven into its DNA.

Dogs can't knit. But they sure can wear it well.

Anyone can pick up a pair of needles and a ball of yarn. And everyone can be mindful. The Mindfulness in Knitting casts fresh light on this renowned calming craft, and reveals how the act of “knit and purl” can be the epitome of conscious living. Ethical textile artist Rachael Matthews unpicks the threads of this popular pastime to explore how knitting connects us to each other and to the world around us. Through personal anecdote and expert insight, she unravels the true value of what it means to craft, its therapeutic benefits, and the joys of mindful making.

This book is a unique view of the traditional art of rag rug making for this age of the Anthropocene. Projects made in the artist's studio and with a community group, highlight a reverence for our lost textiles, a response to the environmental impact of fast fashion and a proof that rag is a rich resource, wrongly classed as a taboo material.

Everyone can pick up a pair of needles and a ball of yarn. And everyone can be mindful. 'Mindfulness in Knitting' casts fresh light on this famously calming craft, and reveals how the simple repetition of plain and purl can in itself nurture wellbeing. It explores the joys of making and looks at the benefits of taking up one of the simplest and most useful of crafts.

Predkladaná publikácia na primeranej vedeckej úrovni vhodným spôsobom umožňuje získať prehľad z oblasti väzenstva, resocializácie odsúdených a ich spätného návratu do spoločnosti. V súčasnosti pozorujeme nárast kriminality, dokonca v nových kvalitách – organizovaný zločin, obchodovanie so zbraňami atď., čo so sebou prináša vyšší počet odsúdených, s ktorými je nevyhnutné pracovať, resocializovať ich, a to zdôrazňuje aktuálnosť predkladanej monografie. Uloženie a výkon trestu odňatia slobody nie je jediným riešením, často sa späť do spoločnosti z väzenského prostredia a pod jeho vplyvom vracajú „vyškolenejší“ jednotlivci ako doň nastupovali. Trest odňatia slobody teda nie je všeliekom na všetky skutky, má svoje filozofické, etické, ale i právne a materiálne hranice. Cieľom vedeckej monografie je bližšie charakterizovať prostredie vo výkone trestu odňatia slobody, sociálne vzťahy v tomto prostredí i dôsledky, ktoré pobyt v tomto špecifickom prostredí so sebou prináša a poskytnúť odpoveď na otázku, či výkon trestu odňatia slobody spĺňa svoj účel.