How textile communicates : from codes to cosmotechnics / Ganaele Langlois.

By:

Langlois, Ganaele [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024Description: vii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781350384347
1350384348

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Electronic version:: How textile communicatesLOC classification:

NK 8804 L36 2024

Contents:

Introduction: Textile as Communication -- Part I. Communicative Power. Chapter 1. Unraveling Textile from Commodity to Communication ; Chapter 2. Quechua Textility -- Part II. Technology and Imagination. Chapter 3. Jacquard and the Creativity of Extensions ; Chapter 4. Communicating Across the Abyss -- Part III. Transformative Entanglements. Chapter 5. Reweaving the Interface ; Chapter 6. Kené, or the Promise of Un-knowing -- Part IV. Cosmomedia. Chapter 7. Cosmomedia: the Tale of Two Indigos -- Conclusion: The Shape of Things to Come.

Summary: "Textile has been used as a medium of communication since the prehistoric period. Up until the 19th century, civilizations throughout the world manipulated thread and fabric to communicate in a way that would astound many of us now. Unlike text and images, textile is haptic and three-dimensional. Its meaning is unfixed, constantly shifting as it circulates between different owners and creators. In How Textile Communicates, Ganaele Langlois dissects textile's unique capacity for communication through a range of global case studies, before examining the profound impact of colonialism on textile practice and the appropriation of this medium by capitalist systems. A thought-provoking contribution to the fields of both fashion and communication studies, Langlois' writing challenges readers' preconceptions and shines new light on the profound impact of textiles on human communication"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	TUP Manila Library	Graduate Program Section-2F	GS NK 8804 L36 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P00034236

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Textile has been used as a medium of communication since the prehistoric period. Up until the 19th century, civilizations throughout the world manipulated thread and fabric to communicate in a way that would astound many of us now. Unlike text and images, textile is haptic and three-dimensional. Its meaning is unfixed, constantly shifting as it circulates between different owners and creators. In How Textile Communicates, Ganaele Langlois dissects textile's unique capacity for communication through a range of global case studies, before examining the profound impact of colonialism on textile practice and the appropriation of this medium by capitalist systems. A thought-provoking contribution to the fields of both fashion and communication studies, Langlois' writing challenges readers' preconceptions and shines new light on the profound impact of textiles on human communication"-- Provided by publisher.

Langlois, G. (2024). How textile communicates: From codes to cosmotechnics. Bloomsbury Visual Arts.

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