Essays, Journals, Scholarly Articles

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.

Knitting Together the Beginnings of a Queer, Feminine Future.

Small, Z., (2017). Knitting Together the Beginnings of a Queer, Feminine Future. [online] Hyperallergic.

History of African indigenous costumes and textiles

Available at: https://www.defsa.org.za/papers/history-african-indigenous [Accessed 4 January 2022]. Image reference: Image from article of Herero

Textile craft producer Jordan River Foundation’s collaborative design development with IKEA.

Siamwalla, J., (2019) Textile craft producer Jordan River Foundation’s collaborative design development with IKEA. Masters Thesis: The Swedish School

Consumed: The need for collective change; colonialism, climate change & consumerism.

Barber, A. (2021) Consumed: The need for collective change; colonialism, climate change & consumerism. Arlington: Brazen

“Andean Textiles.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.

McHugh, Julia. “Andean Textiles.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–

Overshot: The Political Aesthetics of Woven Textiles from the Antebellum South and Beyond

Falls, S. and Smith, J., (2020). Overshot: The Political Aesthetics of Woven Textiles from the Antebellum South and Beyond. 1st ed. The University of

Queering the Subversive Stitch: Men & the Culture of Needlework.

Thomason, B., (2021). Queering the Subversive Stitch: Men & the Culture of Needlework. TEXTILE, pp.1-2.

Textile Trades, Consumer Cultures, and the Material Worlds of the Indian Ocean: An Ocean of Cloth

Machado, P., Fee, S. and Campbell, G., (2018). Textile trades, consumer cultures, and the material worlds of the Indian Ocean. 1st ed. London

Putting the trans* into design for transition: reflections on gender, technology and natureculture

Baker, S. (2020) Putting the trans* into design for transition: reflections on gender, technology and natureculture, Boess, S., Cheung, M. and Cain,

Commemorative Textiles and Anglican Church History in Ondo, Nigeria

Akinwumi, T. and Renne, E., (2008). Commemorative Textiles and Anglican Church History in Ondo, Nigeria. TEXTILE, 6(2), pp.126-144.

The Devil’s Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric

Sekules, D., (2003). The Devil’s Cloth: A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric. Washington Square Press.

Aesthetics of Blackness? Cloth, Culture, and the African Diasporas.

Checinska, C., (2018). Aesthetics of Blackness? Cloth, Culture, and the African Diasporas. TEXTILE, 16(2), pp.118-125.