# Project Description Feeling Freely Alexandra McKinney Summary Final work I am a London-based designer, facilitator, and writer. Drawing upon both research and lived experience, my work takes a loving approach toward community-building and discussing issues faced by marginalised people. I am a London-based designer, facilitator, and writer. Drawing upon both research and lived exper... College Camberwell College of Arts Course BA (Hons) Graphic Design Graduation year 2023 Combining academic and creative writing, Feeling Freely explores how marginalised people can go about celebrating their anger and joy in a world that discourages us from expressing those emotions in the first place. It draws upon both extensive research and my lived experience, breaking down what it actually means for your emotions to be stigmatised. Feeling Freely also provides instructions for the the creative workshops I have developed to help marginalised individuals feel more comfortable engaging with and expressing the emotions of anger and joy. This publication presents a mixture of various methods and mediums, from risograph printing to poetry writing - producing a bold and loving anthology which informs and provides emotional support to marginalised readers. Final work The content of this publication includes (but is not limited to!) excerpts from my dissertation analysing the ways in which marginalised anger and joy is stigmatised, a journal entry describing my own relationship with emotionality, and poems exploring these themes through a more abstract lens. Feeling Freely contains instructions to workshops I have developed with the purpose of getting marginalised people to feel more comfortable with expressing anger and joy. The workshops include using poster making and dough sculpting (and smashing) to express anger and catharsis, while the joy-oriented workshops use textile patch-making and zines as a means of engagement. Research and process In order to develop the writing and workshops that would be included in Feeling Freely , I experimented with various print and textile processes as a way of working through my own marginalised emotion, taking what I learned from each project and applying it to the final publication. These craft processes then served as the inspiration for developing creative workshops to help other marginalised people engage with their anger and joy in a new way. Photographed above is a poster series titled "Yes, I am angry", where each poster contains a questionable comment that was said to me, accompanied by annotations written by myself and others. This then inspired the development of the workshop I created of the same title where participants could make and annotate their own posters. Share this project Combining academic and creative writing, Feeling Freely explores how marginalised people can go about celebrating their anger and joy in a world that discourages us from expressing those emotions in the first place. It draws upon both extensive research and my lived e... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Activism Being Human Community Gender Identity Mental Health Race Realities Sexuality Social Justice Book BookArt CommunityEngagement Emotion Emotions Feminism Intersectional IntersectionalFeminism Marginalisation PrintMaking Publication Risograph ScreenPrint SocialJustice Writing