How Textile Communicates

From Codes to Cosmotechnics

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

In this open access publication, Ganaele Langlous describes how textile has been used as a medium of communication since the prehistoric period. In fact, up until the 19th century, civilizations throughout the world manipulated thread and fabric to communicate in a way that would astound many of us now.Unlike text and images, textile is haptic and three-dimensional. Its meaning is unfixed, constantly shifting as it circulates between different owners and creators. In How Textile Communicates, Langlois dissects textile’s unique capacity for communication through a range of global case studies, before examining the profound impact of colonialism on textile practice and the appropriation of this medium by capitalist systems.A thought-provoking contribution to the fields of both fashion and communication studies, Langlois’ writing challenges readers’ preconceptions and shines new light on the profound impact of textiles on human communication.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by York University, Toronto, Canada.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-07-24
Mått:152 x 232 x 14 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:222
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350386945

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Modedesign och textilformgivning inom Kultur
Designhistoria inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Ganaele Langlois is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University, Canada.

Recensioner i media

A major contribution to intercultural and decolonial studies as it examines how the communicative capacities of textile have been taken for granted across boundaries, borders, disciplines and technologies.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Textile as CommunicationWinding BackTextile as a MediumTextile Making as MediatingTextile Making and PowerDecolonizing Media and CommunicationBook OverviewPart 1: Communicative Power1. Unraveling Textile from Commodity to CommunicationA Plural MediumTextile as Communication Medium: Historical PointersTwo Common Understandings of Communication through Textile: as Representation and InformationTowards a Third Aspect: textile as binding worlds through space and timeGlobal Textile, or Communication as Expressive PowerTextile, a Medium of Struggle2. Quechua TextilityPre-Columbian Textiles: Media and PowerIndigenous Identities in Contemporary PeruThe Revival of Quechua TextilesConfronting AppropriationPart 2: Technology and Imagination3. Jacquard and the Creativity of ExtensionsThe Jacquard Mechanism, Automation and Digital MediaWeaving Digital ImagesWeaving as Extension4. Communicating Across the AbyssOf the Meanings, Symbols and Patterns in Diasporic TextileMathematics, Rhythms and SignsThe Values of MakingPart 3: Transformative Entanglements5. Reweaving the InterfaceDomestic Textiles and PowerMarking SubjectsReading through the Lines: The Evanescent MakerPortable Technologies of Making“Where Am I going?”: Creative Meandering6. Kené, or the Promise of UnknowingShipibo-Conibo Textiles and Perspectival AnthropologyKené in the Global MarketDelineating the Space of Unknowing and PotentialsBack to the BasicsPart 4: Cosmomedia7. Cosmomedia - the Tale of Two IndigosCosmotechnics and Ecosophical MediaCombinations and Recombinations: Indigo dyeing and the making of worldsColonizing IndigoIndigo and Collectives of Humans and Non-HumansJapanese Indigo and Natural Dyes as CosmomediaConclusion: The Shape of Things to Come