Convened by Dr Fiona Anderson of Glasgow School of Art, the Design History Society will host an online conference on the theme of Textiles and Masculinities on June 15, 2024. The complex and evolving relationships between masculinities and textiles have been under-represented in histories of design to date. This picture contrasts with the cultural and social importance textiles have in maintaining, contesting and performing masculinities. We are delighted to have a fantastic group of speakers who will share their international research on historical and contemporary textiles in global contexts.
You can register for free via the DHS TicketSource page: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/design-history-society
If you have queries about registering for, or joining this conference, please contact the DHS Senior Administrator, Jenna Allsopp at designhistorysociety@gmail.com
Each session consists of 15 minute presentations, followed by 20 minutes discussion.
Click HERE to download a PDF programme of full paper abstracts and speaker biographies
ZOOM - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8225...
PROGRAMME
Saturday June 15, 2024 (all times in UTC+ 1/BST)
1030 Introduction: Fiona Anderson
1035 Session 1: Maintaining, Performing or Contesting Masculinities (Chair: Fiona Anderson)
Wool, Masculinity and Fletcher Jones’s Trousers in Post-war Australia - Lorinda Cramer (Deakin University).
Illuminating the Hi Vis Vest: Gender, Class and Social Invisibility - Jesse Adams Stein, Bettina Frankham, Elizabeth Humphrys (University of Technology, Sydney).
Getting Laid: Carpets, Double Entendres and New Masculinities - Jo Turney (Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton).
1145 Break 15 minutes
1200 Session 2: Textiles, Masculine Ideals and Colonialism (Chair: Elli Michaela Young)
Fearful Feminine Silks: Jesuit Masculinities, Japanese Courtiers and Textiles in the Sixteenth Century - Linda Zampol D’Ortia (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Australian Catholic University).
Unspooling Oceanic Labour: Fashioning Maritime Masculinity in the Photography Studio - Marina Dawn Wells (New Bedford Whaling Museum).
Mackintosh, Burberry, Solaro: Dressing the British Explorer in the Long Nineteenth Century - Sarah Pickman (Independent Historian).
The White Duck Suit and Hegemonic Masculinity in the Colonial Tropics c1870–1939 - Melissa Bellanta (Australian Catholic University).
1320 Lunch
1410 Session 3: Textiles, Colonialism and Decolonialism (Chair: Fiona Anderson)
Roger Casement’s Closet - Joseph McBrinn (Belfast School of Art, Ulster University).
Pardesi the Turban Untied: An Artistic Response to a Graceful Garment and Its Chequered History - Ishan Khosla (The Typecraft Initiative, UPES Dehradun)
The Weave in Our Stance: Intertwined Histories of Textile Waste and Diaspora Voices - Savithri Bartlett (Royal College of Art), Harris Elliott (Artist, Cultural Curator and Creative Leader), Elise Hodson (Royal College of Art).
1515 Break, 15 minutes
1530 Session 4: Textiles and Masculinities: Design, Craft and Production (Chair: Elli Michaela Young)
Weaving to Heal: Questions of Masculinity and Craft Therapy for US WW1 Troops and Veterans - Jennifer Way (University of North Texas).
Silk, Nationalism and Modern Masculinity in the Nanjing Decade (1927–1937) - Brielle Pizzala (Bard Graduate Center, New York).
Weaving Identities: the Reshaping of Masculinity Among Migrant Textile Weavers in Kuthampully - Saumya Pande (design educator and textile revivalist) and Gadha Gopal (textile researcher and fashion designer).
1640 Break, 15 minutes
1655 Session 5 Queer Identities and Textiles (Chair: John Potvin)
Queering Textiles and Masculinity: on a Latvian Drag King's Re-appropriation of Folk Costume - Elena Mari Wise (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam).
Lesbians in Levis: Denim as a Queer Female Signifier in ‘90s and ‘00s TV - Glenys Johnson (Freelance Fashion Historian and Author).
Canvas: Filippo de Pisis’s Workwear and Artworks - Alessandra Vaccari (Università luav di Venezia).
1810 Closing Remarks
1815 Close