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Textiles and Fibres Through Time - Call for Papers and Posters


Agricultural History Society of Ireland
Autumn Symposium & AGM 2015

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Textiles and Fibres Through Time is a thematic one-day symposium that will bring together a variety of speakers from different disciplines. In the past, a wide range of raw materials including wool, animal hair, flax, hemp, grasses, reeds, briars, willow and bark have been used to create artefacts such as clothing, bedding, floor-coverings, sails, baskets, ropes and many other items. These activities have ranged in scale from craftwork to fulfil household needs, through cottage industries to factory production.

The aim of the symposium is to explore the history, archaeology economics and sociology of the raw materials, production, and use of textiles and fibres, with a particular emphasis on Ireland. Speakers may wish to consider issues such as: How did the development of new or improved agricultural and production techniques affect society? How were choices in clothing design and/or production a reflection of identity? What were the driving forces in the evolution of textile or fibre production? Who were the gainers and losers?

Speakers and poster presentations are invited from a diverse range of backgrounds including archaeology, history, economics, folk-life and sociology. Papers will be 20 minutes in length, with time for questions. A poster session with mini-presentations of 5 minutes will also be held.

This exciting symposium will take place on Saturday, 21st November 2015 at the Helen Roe Theatre, 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.

Abstracts of no more than 200 words, plus your details, including affiliation (if applicable) should be emailed to novembersymposium2015ahsi at gmail.com by 18th September 2015. See our website at www.ahsi.ie for further details.

http://www.ahsi.ie/p/autumn-symposium-2015-call-for-papers.html

http://www.ahsi.ie/p/autumn-symposium-2015-call-for-posters.html



Dr Fiona Beglane
Lecturer of Archaeology

Member of Royal Irish Academy Standing Committee for Archaeology
Committee member and website editor of Agricultural History Society of Ireland
Editorial board member of the Journal of Irish Archaeology

beglane.fiona at itsligo.ie
CERIS Strategic Research Group member
http://itsligo.academia.edu/fionabeglane
http://itsligo.ie/study-at-it-sligo/undergraduate/archaeology-2/archaeology/

http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2015/anglo-norman-parks-in-medieval-ireland/

School of Science
IT Sligo
Ash Lane
Sligo
www.itsligo.ie

   

   

   
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