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.
Plankensteiner, B. and Adediran, N., (2010). African lace. Ghent: Snoeck.
Thakar, K., (2021). Indian Textiles: 1,000 Years of Art and Design. London: HALI PUBNS.
Hansen, K. and Madison, D., (2013). African dress. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Academic.
Nsaka, M., (2021). The Vanishing Kuba Textile: For uber busy people. London: Blue Fox Communications.
Jain, R., (2011). Rapture: The Art of Indian Textiles. New Delhi: Niyogi Books.
Small, Z., (2017). Knitting Together the Beginnings of a Queer, Feminine Future. [online] Hyperallergic.
Askari, N. and Askari, H., (2019). The flowering desert. Textiles from Sindh. London: Paul Holberton Publishing.
Ringgold, F., Ulrich Obrist, H. and Wallace, M., (2019). Faith Ringgold. 1st ed. Köln/New York: Koenig Books
Kamel Kawar, W. and Tamari Nasir, T., (2021). Palestinian Embroidery: Traditional “Fallahi” cross-stitch. 1st ed. Amman, Jordan: Tiraz: Widad Kawar
Available at: https://www.defsa.org.za/papers/history-african-indigenous [Accessed 4 January 2022]. Image reference: Image from article of Herero
Khandwala, A. (2019) What Does It Mean to Decolonize Design?: Dismantling Design History 101
Low, F., Shades of Noir. (2019). Decolonising Textile Design Education: Interview With Sicgmone Kludje.