Event overview
An exhibition by Dr Sue Jones in the Constance Howard Centre for Textiles, Deptford Town Hall. There will be an opening event with music and drinks reception at 6pm on the 14th October.
This exhibition is about conversations over time involving materials. What narratives are produced through the relationship of people and objects?
The Bani Hamida Weaving project in Jordan began in 1985 with support from Save the Children and is still operating as part of the Jordan River Foundation, chaired by HM Queen Rania. Over a 25 year period the rug production has become interwoven in many, and new ways with the lives of this group of Bedouin women.
The Weaving Project has been a contested and changing arena for three generations of women – involved with external development agendas and funding requirements, the expansions and contractions of markets for these goods, many changes in design and the increasing technical focus of rug production.
In this ebb and flow the Bani Hamida women have used their craft/artisan skills to try to fulfil their aspirations, particularly for educating their children – girls and boys.
On the opening day of the exhibition the Anthropology Department is hosting a one day seminar – ‘Material Matters’, considering the narratives produced from the relationship of people and materials linked to a number of countries – Romania, Jordan, Mongolia, Iran, Germany, Kuwait, India, Lebanon and Trinidad.
In addition the Bani Hamida weaving project will be one of the contributions to a special edition of the academic journal ‘Textiles’ in 2012/13.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 14 Oct 2011 |
10:00am - 8:00pm Opening event with Middle East jazz duo and drinks reception 6 - 8 pm following Material Matters seminar day. |
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| 18 Oct 2011 | 10:00am - 4:30pm | |
| 20 Oct 2011 | 10:00am - 4:30pm | |
| 25 Oct 2011 | 10:00am - 4:30pm | |
| 27 Oct 2011 | 10:00am - 4:30pm | |
| 1 Nov 2011 | 10:00am - 4:30pm | |
| 3 Nov 2011 | 10:00am - 4:30pm | |
| 8 Nov 2011 | 10:00am - 4:30pm | |
| 10 Nov 2011 | 10:00am - 4:30pm | |
| 14 Nov 2011 | 10:00am - 4:30pm | |
| 17 Nov 2011 | 10:00am - 4:30pm |
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