A UCL / Horniman Museum Workshop funded by the Pasold Fund for Textile Research

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This interdisciplinary one-day workshop of anthropologists along with colleagues in design, science and museum studies, all experts in their fields, will be the first in-depth workshop especially devoted to textile technologies from a societal point of view. It strips textiles down to their basic component – the thread or line – and follows it in many directions. The basic questions addresses are; what are the implications of the new fibre and fabric technologies for societies and individuals? How are traditional textile techniques being used in vanguard scientific applications? How can anthropological studies of textiles and textile arts lead to a better understanding of human thought and practice? What can anthropology tell us about the age-old association between textiles and well-being, identity and belief, some aspects of which have been appropriated by the scientific and technological communities and incorporated into techno textiles? What does the revival of traditional textile arts like knitting tell us about society today?

Last updated 14 September 2006

WORKSHOP DETAILS

SATURDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2006 10am - 5pm

THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM, 100 LONDON RD, FOREST HILL, LONDON SE23 3PQ

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REGISTRATION REQUIRED

CONTACT >>> Graeme Were @ UCL

FEES £10 / £5 (students) includes lunch/drinks

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