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HECOL 333

Cross-Cultural Textiles

3 units

Winter 2025

Topics

  • To provide basis for a greater understanding of the diversity of the traditional textile making and decorating techniques
  • To explore the worldwide connections and influences that make textiles global commodities for centuries
  • To analyze the role, function and meaning of textiles in different cultures

Readings

  • Harris, Jennifer, (2004) 5,000 Years of Textiles, Smithsonian Books
    unspecified
  • Schoeser, Mary, (2003). World Textiles: A Concise History, Thames & Hudson
    unspecified
Winter 2022

Topics

  • To provide basis for a greater understanding of the diversity of the traditional textile making and decorating techniques
  • To explore the worldwide connections and influences that make textiles global commodities for centuries
  • To analyze the role, function and meaning of textiles in different cultures

Readings

  • Harris, Jennifer, (2004) 5,000 Years of Textiles, Smithsonian Books
    unspecified
  • Schoeser, Mary, (2003). World Textiles: A Concise History,Thames & Hudson
    unspecified
Sources