This educational list of books, essays, journals, scholarly articles, documentaries and online resources is an accessible open resource designed to expand upon our knowledge and understanding of textiles and textile narratives.
Small, Z., (2017). Knitting Together the Beginnings of a Queer, Feminine Future. [online] Hyperallergic.
Available at: https://www.defsa.org.za/papers/history-african-indigenous [Accessed 4 January 2022]. Image reference: Image from article of Herero
Siamwalla, J., (2019) Textile craft producer Jordan River Foundation’s collaborative design development with IKEA. Masters Thesis: The Swedish School
Barber, A. (2021) Consumed: The need for collective change; colonialism, climate change & consumerism. Arlington: Brazen
McHugh, Julia. “Andean Textiles.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–
Falls, S. and Smith, J., (2020). Overshot: The Political Aesthetics of Woven Textiles from the Antebellum South and Beyond. 1st ed. The University of
Thomason, B., (2021). Queering the Subversive Stitch: Men & the Culture of Needlework. TEXTILE, pp.1-2.
Machado, P., Fee, S. and Campbell, G., (2018). Textile trades, consumer cultures, and the material worlds of the Indian Ocean. 1st ed. London
Baker, S. (2020) Putting the trans* into design for transition: reflections on gender, technology and natureculture, Boess, S., Cheung, M. and Cain,
Akinwumi, T. and Renne, E., (2008). Commemorative Textiles and Anglican Church History in Ondo, Nigeria. TEXTILE, 6(2), pp.126-144.
Sekules, D., (2003). The Devil’s Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric. Washington Square Press.
Checinska, C., (2018). Aesthetics of Blackness? Cloth, Culture, and the African Diasporas. TEXTILE, 16(2), pp.118-125.