Asker, Chloe, Birkett, Helen, Sandal-Wilson, Chris and Young, Hannah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3592-4049 (2026) Collage as queer creative health: subverting the legacies of Section 28. Journal of Creative Research Methods. pp. 1-18. ISSN 3050-2969 (Online) (doi:10.1332/30502969Y2026D000000040)

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Abstract

To mark the 20th anniversary of the repeal of Section 28, the ‘Section 28 and Its Afterlives’ project organised a series of creative workshops with LGBTQ+ staff, students, and community members across South West England. These workshops offered a space to reflect on Section 28 and its legacies, engaging with this challenging period of recent LGBTQ+ history in a hands-on, empowering way using collage to create personal, subversive, and emotional responses to a range of historical material. This article reflects on collage as a queer creative health praxis of subversion and resistance that: (1) produces relational encounters, (2) operates in a care-full way, and (3) involves non-linear temporalities and transformations. Collage in this context is a mode of historical enquiry, inviting reflections on the echoes of the past, present, and future; multiple spatialities and temporalities; and the generative, transformative potential of discomfort.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	The authors would like to thank the participants of all the ‘Section 28 and Its Afterlives’ oral histories and creative workshops. Their generosity and enthusiasm for the work spurred the team to continue workshops at events across Devon, South West England, and London. We would also like to thank the three anonymous reviewers who provided exceptional feedback and support for the article, which improved significantly through their input.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	collage, Section 28, queer, creative health, methodology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Related URLs:	https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.co...
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2026 13:48
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/54404

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