HHIK07745U Textile and Fashion in Theory and Practice through 3000 years
History
MA
Historical core area 2: Academic writing with focus on source
analysis (HHIK03741E) [Curriculum for Master´s Programme in
History, 2015-Curriculum]
MA-elective
Historical core area 2: Academic writing with focus on source
analysis (HHIK03741E) [Curriculum for the Master’s Minor in
History, 2015-Curriculum]
BA-elective
Module T5: Historical Project (HHIB10511E) [Curriculum for
Bachelor´s Elective Programme in History,
2013-Curriculum]
Textile and Fashion in Theory and Practice through 3000
years
An interdisciplinary course of Archeology, History, European
Ethnology and Fashion Studies at the Saxo Institute, University of
Copenhagen
Textiles and fashion are essential aspects of the human
condition. We dress, appear and communicate through fabrics and
other kinds of body adornments. But over the course of time, we
have changed practices for production, mediation and the use of
textiles and fashion, as well as theories through which to conceive
fashion and textile. The TFTP summer school provides a survey of
the history of textile and fashion from prehistoric time to the
present in the geographical area of Scandinavia, Europe and the
Middle East.
Focused on different historic and cultural theories, the course
further emphasizes the introduction of critical and analytical
approaches to understand the subject field and in the wider context
understanding entanglement of fashion and textile in constituting
cultures and societies.
Student target group
The course is aimed especially at future MA history, ethnology, art
history, archeology students and others interested who will gain
knowledge of how to include textiles and fashion in a general
discussion on culture and societies.
Description
The summer school course is taught by excellent fashion and textile
researchers and surveys the interdisciplinary field of textiles and
fashion from the Bronze Age until today. In each module, there will
be texts and course material related to textiles and fashion,
backed up with readings of essential classical works of theory and
methods.
In this course MA students will be introduced to the analysis of
textiles and textile technology as well as how new scientific
methods and theoretical approaches can be applied to textile
research and fashion studies. Furthermore, emphasis is on the
theories and practice of cultural studies. The course will cover a
wide chronological and geographic area from Scandinavia to the
Mediterranean, the Middle East and the New World.
The summer school is composed of six modules interweaving the
themes of textile techniques and craft, knitting technology and
history, new analytical tools from the sciences used in the
humanities and in textile research, and the interpretation and
multiple meanings of dress and fashion in society, as markers of
status, identity and power, or as gendered gifts.
Literature
You will read primary sources on textiles, clothing, trade,
production and consumption, and study textile artefacts and textile
tools. Furthermore you will read contemporary fashion theory,
post-structuralist and feminist cultural theory, economic theory,
classical anthropological theory.
Course objectives (clarification of some of the
objectives stipulated in the curriculum):
After the course students will be able to:
• have knowledge and understanding of the historical dimension to
textile and fashion production, mediation and use
• have knowledge and understanding of the prevalent theories of
textile and fashion across disciplinary boundaries of archeology,
history, ethnology and fashion studies
• have knowledge of various types of important primary sources
about this history of textiles and fashion
• have knowledge of methods underlying the theories of the
above mentioned
• present skills in critical analysis and evaluation of conflicting
theories
• have a clear understanding of the methodologies and
difficulties of handling different types of sources, with varying
degrees of validity and quality
• have a technical and chronological overview of textile
techniques
• have a hands-on approach to various textile techniques
• have skills in written dissemination of the subject matter and
skills in formulating a thesis statement and expand it into an
original paper for your end-of-summer school written assignment
• have competences in acting in a cross-disciplinary environment on
the basis of the course teaching
PROGRAMME
Module 1: Science and the Humanities at a new
crossroads: Analytical tools for Organic Material Studies
=ATOMS [2.- 4. August]
Teachers: Jane Malcolm Davies
Theories: Tim Flohr Sørensen, Bruno Latour
Most preparation consists of videos from labs and courses
Activities: visit laboratories on the Department
of Conservation of the National Museum, Brede.
Module 2: Knitting: technology and cultural
history [5.- 6. August]
Teachers: Jane Malcolm Davies
Theories:
Activities: visit National Museum of Denmark
collections.
Module 3: Textiles as gifts [7.
August]
Textiles dedicated in Greek sanctuaries and textiles as gendered
gifts in Roman times
Teachers: Cecilie Brøns, Marie-Louise Nosch,
Magdalena Öhrman
Theories: Marcel Maus, Bronisław Malinowski, Paul
Ricoeur
Activities: Visit to the National Museum of
Denmark and the Lindos Chronicle
Module 4: Textile production [8 - 10.
August]
In this module the students will gain insights in how the
production of textile production can be studied and interpreted in
different societies ( e.g. Greece, Egypt, Scandinavia) and
time periods (ancient Greece, late antique Egypt and Early Medieval
Europe). Furthermore they will be introduced to textile technology
via hands-on practise.
Teachers: Eva Andersson Strand, Maria
Mossakowska-Gaubert, Cailin Marjory Tamar
Theories : Karl Marx, Pierre Lemonnier,
material culture studies
Activity: experimental archaeology, Lejre visit,
practical work sessions
Module 5: Fashion, culture and identity [11. -
13. August]
In this module the students will learn about different theoretical
understandings of fashion and the history of fashion in the modern
and postmodern world. How the field of studying fashion is
contested and interdisciplinary will be emphasised as well as the
various methods studying fashion from semiotic readings to
ethnographic descriptions and interpretations. The aim of the
module is that students will learn critical, analytical thinking
through fashion in the study of culture and society.
Teachers: Marie Riegels Melchior, Corinne
Thepaut-Cabasset, Jane Malcolm-Davies
Theories: From classical thinkers such as T.
Veblen, G. Simmel, R. Barthes, to P. Bourdieu, B. Latour and
D. Harraway. From fashion theory E. Wilson, L. Taylor, C.
Evans, J. Entwistle, S. Woodward among others.
Activities: Micro ethnographic field studies,
representational studies of fashion imagery, museums visit to
Designmuseum Danmark.
Evening event in collaboration with the Tudor Tailor programme “As
I lie dying” in the summer school. This is an evening presentation
followed by a day of practical workshops
See:
http://www.tudortailor.com/talks-and-events/as-I-lie-dying/
The evening presentation is based on a specific event in 1574 when
sumptuary law applied to women for the first time in the early
modern era in England and Wales. The workshop is based on research
on ordinary people’s dress in the 16th century.
Module 6 [14 August]
Summing up, evaluation and preparation of assignments
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The course is implemented only if a minimum of 20 students have registered and paid tuition fees by 1 May 2017
Application:
For questions concerning tuition fees, visa invitations and
accommodation in Copenhagen, please contact Education & Student
Services, The Faculty of
Humanities: gueststudents@hum.ku.dk or
+45 40 47 11 97.
For more information, please refer to:
http://studies.ku.dk/summer/ and
http://humanities.ku.dk/education/summer/
• Application deadline: 1 April 2017
- Second application deadline in case of available seats: 1 June
2017. Please note that applicants submitting their application
after 1 April 2017 may not be able to get accommodation
through the UCPH Housing Foundation.
• Application
form:
Download the application form here
• Credit transfer students [in Danish: Meritstuderende]
enrolled at other Danish universities should also attach this form
in the application:
https://intranet.ku.dk/hum_adm/SiteCollectionDocuments/Indskrivning_paa_enkelte_kurser.pdf or
download form without log in here
• Payment due: mid-April 2017
• Course: 2-14 August 2017
• Deadline for submission of take-home assignment: 31 August 2017
For further information, please contact:
Marie-Louise Nosch (academic
content): nosch@hum.ku.dk
Christian Thorup Lund (admission and
registration):
chrislund@hum.ku.dk
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 104
- Course Preparation
- 203
- Exam Preparation
- 81,5
- Total
- 388,5
The course is implemented only if a minimum of 20 students has signed up and paid tutition fee 1 of May 2017.
See above for information on registration or http://ctr.hum.ku.dk/courses/textile-and-fashion-through-3000-years/
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentSee curriculum, but:
Deadline for submitting exam documents is 31 August 2017.
MA exam: written assignment of 30 pages plus portfolio of activities.
The portfolio is made during the 13 days in UCPH and documents the summer school activities. It consists of: 1: reports and documentation from each museum visits; 2: samples of practical textile handwork made in workshops, and documentation of the test procedure and protocols in the workshop; 3. interview with one textile researcher/designer/museum scholar/textile craftsperson. - Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
Criteria for exam assesment
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- HHIK07745U
- Credit
- 15 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterBachelor choice,Full Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Summer
- Schedule
- 2 - 14 August 2017 (see course content and Timetable link below for details)
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History
Contracting department
- SAXO-Institute - Archaeology, Ethnology, Greek & Latin, History
Course Coordinators
- Eva Birgitta Andersson Strand (12-677863637066677475757170426a776f306d7730666d)
- Marie Louise Bech Nosch (5-717276666b436b7870316e7831676e)
- Jane Anne Malcolm-Davies (15-6d70646f66726f70306764796c6876436b7870316e7831676e)
- Marie Riegels Melchior (6-6c6566363932426d7730666d)