Open House at the Centre for Textile Research

We are having an Open House at the Centre for Textile Research, and everyone is invited!

The Centre for Textile Research is an internationally leading research centre at the University of Copenhagen. After 16 years of being at the forefront of textile research, we want to share our work and cutting-edge methods with you.

So come and meet us at The Centre for Textile Research and get an insight into our methods and research.

Workshops

  • Examine archaeological textile fragments under microscopes, TexLab, room 11b.1.30b
  • Try your hand at ancient textile production methods: spinning and weaving! TexLab, room 11b.1.30b
  • Dig up real archaeological textiles, on the terrace through room 11b.1.05

Presentations

Room 11b.1.05

14:20  From Micro to Macro: what textiles can reveal about the Ancient Egyptian society – Chiara Spinazzi-Lucchesi
14:40 Looming Hands: creativity and creative flow in tapestry weaving and warp-weighted loom weaving – Anne Elizabeth Kilgour Viuf
15:00   Textiles in the Archives – Morten Grymer Hansen & Ulrikka Mokdad
15:20  Beyond the “shroud”: a new look at textiles in graves – Elsa Yvanez
15:40   Linear B Tablets and Textile Mythology: how to combine philological and linguistic research on the most ancient Greek dialect with actual textiles – Rachele Pierini
16:00  Fashioning the Viking Age – Ulla Mannering
16:20  The Past in Motion: motion capture and craftmanship – Sofie Louise Grue Huested Andersen
16:40  Materialising Technical, Cultural, and Human Loss through Cambodian Textile Study – Magali Berthon
17:00 End of event

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