Cloth and narrative
Studying specific ways cloth carries memory, celebration and belonging.
MACRO-REGIONRESEARCH QUEUE
West African cultural regions
A research region for weaving, dyeing, tailoring, ceremony and urban fashion across borders, with makers and local names kept visible.
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CLASSIFICATION NOTE
Nothing is generalised into one ‘African fashion’; country, city, community, workshop and period remain distinct.
Workshops and continuity
Recording makers and systems of continuity rather than anonymising craft.
Cities and contemporary dress
Treating tradition and modernity as mutually renewing rather than opposed.
MUSEUM & CULTURAL SOURCES
Smithsonian — Crafts of African Fashion (opens in a new tab)