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It's In The Bag: Transformation In Guatemala, Kathy Rousso

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Morrales or net bags are an important man’s accessory in rural Guatemala, and many are made from maguey fibers using the ancient techniques of thigh spinning, and simple looping. Adaptations to these styles probably began when neighboring Mayan and Xinca tribes exchanged ideas as they came in contact with each other in times of trade and conflict. With Spain’s colonization, new tools such as spinning wheels, knitting needles, and looms, along with their uses, were incorporated into bag construction. The sailors who transported these early explorers likely introduced the strap methods of braiding, and knotwork, and with the introduction of …

Tapestry Technology 1400-2004, Tina Kane

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

For the past 15 years my practice as a textile conservator and artist has stimulated an ongoing dialog between myself as a textile maker and the weavers of ancient textiles. A human hair caught in the web of a cloth, a weaver’s choice of interlacement patterns and the deliberate manipulation of woven motifs all mark the presence of “the weaver.” Who were these people, why do their creations make us marvel and how can our experience as contemporary weavers add to the scholarship of ancient textiles?

Because of the structural simplicity of tapestry weave, analyzing an intricate design from a …

The Distribution Of Cultural Identity A Canadian Case Study, Jennifer E. Salahub

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

A banner like this, hung in the central passage of a training institute … cannot fail to impress itself on the character of some, giving their tastes a bent in those directions which you would desire to push them into.

Albert Henry George, 4th Earl Grey (b.1851-d.1917). Letter, National Archives of Canada, Dated 13 March 1906.

This illustrated presentation introduces a series of early twentieth-century embroidered and appliquéd banners that were the inspiration of Lord Grey, Governor General of Canada between 1904–11. The medium – needlework – was specifically chosen because of its historic connotations. By literally fabricating material memories …

The Tale Of The Two-Tailed Mermaid A Case Study In The Origins Of The Cretan Embroidery Style, Sumru Belger Krody

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

It is fascinating to trace the style and motifs of embroidered textiles from the Greek islands back to the political powers that held the islands in their control for centuries. Among these islands Crete has a special place in the study of Greek island embroidery. Because of its geographic location among trade routes and its political and artistic history, Crete presents an entirely different embroidery style from that of the other Greek islands. Through focusing on one motif, the two-tailed mermaid, this paper will try to construct a history of influences seen in Cretan embroidery.

The first section of the …

Author Biographies

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Author Biographies A-W

Ping-Ann Addo

Filiz Adıgüzel

Jeni Allenby

Philis Alvic...

Wendy Weiss

Lauren Whitley

Michelle Willard

Abstracts Of Papers

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

We Pieced Together Cloth, We Pieced Together Culture: Reflections on Tongan Women’s Textile-making in Oakland

Symbolic Defiance: Questions of Nationalism and Tradition in Middle Eastern Textiles

Churchill Weavers: 80 Years of American Handweaving

West Anatolian Carpet Designs: The Effect of Carpet Trade Between Ottoman Empire and Great Britain

California and the Fiber Art Revolution

Shifting Sands—Costume in Rajasthan

Pattern Power: Textiles and the Transmission of Knowledge

The Ubiquitous T-Shirt and Fashionable “Islamic Dress”: Cultural Authentication in Turkey

Textile Society Of America Newsletter 16:1 — Winter 2004, Textile Society Of America

Textile Society of America: Newsletters

Oakland Hosts 2004 TSA Symposium
President's Letter
Nominations sought for TSA Officers & Board
Textile Study at the University of Rhode Island
Conference Reviews: Japonnea; New Technologies and Materials; Sri Yantra Bandahni Development Project; Navajo Weaving in the 19th Century; SUTRA; Tales in the Textile: Conservation of Flags and Other Symbolic Textiles; Caring for Flags
Textile Network: WARP Promotes Development through Textiles
Collection News: British Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art; Lost Exhibition: Palestine Costume Archive
Batik info sought
Exhibitions & Lectures
Book reviews

El Espiritu De Aztlan, Sharon L. Gustafson

Sheldon Museum of Art: Catalogs and Publications

The Spirit of Aztlan celebrates Mexican and MexicanAmerican art and its significant contribution to the development of American culture. Referring to the homeland of the ancient Aztec civilization, the term "Aztlan" evolved during el Movimiento (Chicano Civil Rights Movement) in a conscious effort to reclaim Native American ties and improve economic, political and cultural situations. This spirit of self-identity began in Mexico, with the Mexican muralist movement and artists such as Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros and Jose Clemente Orozco. Large mural and printmaking projects strengthened national identity and instigated change in Mexico in the1920s and 1930s. The United States government …

The Social Effects Of Psychism: Spiritual Experience And The Construction Of Privatized Religion, Marty Laubach

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Research

What is the relationship between spiritual experiences and privatized religion? This study defines spiritual experiences in terms of “psychism,” or psychic intrusions in the stream of consciousness that are not perceived by the actor as originating within the “self.” Intrusions interpreted as psychism are regarded by the actor as having the same facticity as empirical experience and are regarded as “proof” of an esoteric belief system. Psychism originated beliefs are therefore resistant to refutation or change, and support spiritual autonomy. Psychism theory is tested using 1988 GSS data on religious beliefs, where psychism is measured using GSS questions on “paranormal” …

The New Girl, Angela Marie Meredith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The New Girl is a collection of poems in which the poet assumes a direct, unfeigned voice. These rhythmic poems cover the deeply personal to the universal and social. The body is presented as a record of experiences both good and bad. Feminist issues pertainingto marriage, work, and sexuality are explored. Whether the poem is about a personal relationship or some aspect of society, it is likely to be multi-dimensional and suggest a duality. Overall, the poems are rooted in the spiritual and attempt to relate, with holistic honesty, a sense of reverence for the impure parts of life.

Genre And Persona In Activist Websites, Margaret M.F. Boreman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Digital texts present significant challenges to technical communicators in terms of genre and persona. Because of the ubiquity of electronic media, we increasingly embrace digital formats over print-based documents. As a result, technical communicators must now devise the means to cue audiences to the purposes of digital documents in any given discourse community. We can only convey meaning to our Internet audiences through the use of appropriate standards and elements recognizable generic forms and rhetorical cues that we designate as conventions in specific digital discourse. Just as we use file and folder office metaphors for information stored on computers, digital …

Crossing The Gulf: Christian-Muslim Interactions During The Renaissance Era, Robert P. Collins

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 29-49

Plain Words, Plain Meanings: Hugo Black And The Right To Counsel, William Grayson

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 50-60

Colbert County Politics, 1926-1928, Christopher Long

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 61-71

Making A Greater Birmingham: The Annexation Of Ensley, Jeremy Campbell

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 72-81

"Knocked In The Head Promiscuously": Oliver Cromwell And The Destruction Of Drogheda, Matthew Marsh

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 82-90

Questioning The Warren Report, April Cash

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 91-97

They Marched Into Sunlight: War And Peace, Vietnam And America, October 1967, Jerry Tiarsmith

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 141-143

Birmingham Poetry Review 28 (Front Matter), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. -3

The Letter, Jack Coulehan

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 7

Folk Listener's Lament, Maureen Tolman Flannery

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 8

In The Studio, Richard Hague

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 23

Touch Me, Jen Lighty

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 29

Hack Sonnet (2), Robert Perchan

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 38

Event Horizon, Ann Power

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 40

Geronimo Dreams The Last Bronco, Rawdon Tomlinson

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 47

My Father Is The Laziest Man I Know, Richard Brancato

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 4

We Are The Rain Forest, Richard Hague

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 21

What Is It, John Gerlach

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 13

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting, Glenn Freeman

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 9