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A digital public humanities project exploring use of lesser-known Indian & Indian-imitation textiles by African diasporic communities in the Americas.
Joined June 2022
Hello! Welcome to the Connecting Threads project. This is a born digital project that explores the use of lesser-known Indian & Indian-imitation textiles by Afro-Caribbean and African-American communities in the 18th & 19th centuries.
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RT @FashioningSelf: In a few hours, I will begin my talk at the V&A with an analysis of this silk tartan turban. This turban is a represent….
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RT @alka_raman: So good to be back @V_and_A for the @connectthreads event on Madras Textiles in the Caribbean! A great programme promised a….
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RT @mehapri: Jonathan Square @FashioningSelf will be one of the speakers for @connectthreads launch event next month! Please join us online….
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RT @FashioningSelf: This madras headwrap, now housed in the permanent collection of @LaStateMuseum, was worn by Mary Franklin, an enslaved….
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RT @mchidarazvi: Calling all #Indian #textile enthusiasts! This fabulous event will be at the @V_and_A on Oct 11. Hope to see you there! @c….
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RT @FashioningSelf: Join me at the @V_and_A in London on October 11th for a symposium on the global history of a fascinating, yet understud….
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Public symposium exploring Madras textile fashions in India and the Caribbean.
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RT @mehapri: Join us for an event on the history of Madras textiles in India and the Caribbean at the @V_and_A on October 11th! We will be….
vam.ac.uk
Online streaming of the public symposium exploring Madras textile fashions in India and the Caribbean.
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Join us for the launch event and symposium on checked Indian textiles in India and the Caribbean on October 11 at @V_and_A. The symposium is in-person & online. Register here: Core team: @mehapri @drdeepthimurali @avfotheringham @v_de_lorenzo.
vam.ac.uk
Public symposium exploring Madras textile fashions in India and the Caribbean.
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RT @v_de_lorenzo: Thank you @RuthEgger5 for having invited us @connectthreads to present the project to your students at the University of….
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RT @RoyalHistSoc: What's the role of empathy in studying & teaching history, & for research? How might we categorise empathy in historical….
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RT @mehapri: We had a great day looking at Madras kerchiefs yesterday for the @connectthreads project! In the evening @avfotheringham gave….
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RT @AHAhistorians: Submit nominations by May 15 for the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, joint with the AHA and @chn….
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This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project, and in particular for work that reflects thoughtful, critical, and rigorous engagement...
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RT @FashioningSelf: Today I visited the @MANNapoli and saw this fresco of the the baker Terentius Neo and his wife (who is not identified)….
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RT @FashioningSelf: I'd be interested in getting everyone's opinion of the recent Dior Pre-fall 2023 show in Mumbai. @mehapri you might fin….
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RT @mehapri: @drdeepthimurali @FashioningSelf @connectthreads @avfotheringham @v_de_lorenzo Madras was a staple in Ralph Lauren’s spring 20….
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RT @pasoldfund: Cotton Connections: From India to the High Street will be at Lotherton from March 31 until October 15, 2023. A range of eve….
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