The Loom Speaks: A Study of Traditional Weaves from North East India

Università di Bologna / Campus di Rimini / Scuola di Lettere e Beni Culturali / Dipartimento di Scienze per la qualità della Vita / ZoneModa

CORSO DI LAUREA IN CULTURE E TECNICHE DELLA MODA

SECOND CYCLE DEGREE IN FASHION CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT

Prof. Mariella Lorusso

Lingua Inglese Della Moda

English For Fashion

RIMINI

October 20, 2014

from 3 p.m.

Alberti Campus

Via Quintino Sella, 13

Room 13

The Loom Speaks: A Study of Traditional Weaves from North East India

Special lecture with Debashree Dattaray

Introduction by Mariella Lorusso

The talk focuses on the traditional attire from an Indigenous community of North East India – the Karbis. The discussion would look at the loom as a symbol of cultural and political integrity. In the context of the growing concerns of globalization, the emphasis will be on the local as a point of solidarity and identity, especially in terms of the ‘North East’ as a crucial georgraphical entity in the map of India.

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Debashree Dattaray is Assistant Professor in Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Her areas of research and publication are Indigenous Studies, Narrative Studies, Gender, Folklore, Canadian Studies and Comparative Indian Literature Methodology.