Table of Contents Japanese Plant Names Introduction: Geographical Environment and Plants Fibres from Herbaceous Plants Fibres from Tree Bark Ply-Joining (umu) Spinning Techniques in Asia Beyond Japan: The Spread of Cotton Cultivation Current State of Plant fibre Textiles Conclusion Bibliography Photographs Japanese Plant Names In this text all the plants will be referred to […]
ABSTRACT On makeshift stages across London, students from a Tamil Saturday school reenact myths and stories from Sri Lanka. Based on multi- sited ethnographic research across the city, I show how these school plays move difficult and painful cultural memories from the edge of visibility into the public realm. Performed at the Museum of London, […]
Issue #10, 2023 ISSN: 2581- 9410 The hair of Rajasthan’s one-humped dromedary camels is short and scratchy; it […]
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Issue #10, 2023 ISSN: 2581- 9410 The new story of Indigeneous Brown Cotton in India It is a […]
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Issue #10, 2023 ISSN: 2581- 9410 In late 2017 a friend took me along to Meghalaya where I […]
Issue #10, 2023 ISSN: 2581- 9410 The people: Every summer, the sheep herders of the Bhotiya and Shauka […]
Issue #10, 2023 ISSN: 2581- 9410 The connection between mountains and wool goes beyond a mere geographical correlation. […]
Issue #10, 2023 ISSN: 2581- 9410 Hand spinning is an ancient technique and it is considered that it […]