{"id":6141,"date":"2024-04-10T13:39:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T20:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arthistory.ucr.edu\/?p=6141"},"modified":"2024-04-10T13:45:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T20:45:26","slug":"a-panoply-of-colours-a-world-of-materials-global-connections-of-early-modern-dyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arthistory.ucr.edu\/a-panoply-of-colours-a-world-of-materials-global-connections-of-early-modern-dyes\/","title":{"rendered":"A Panoply of Colours, A World of Materials: Global Connections of Early Modern Dyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/b><\/i>A Panoply of Colours, A World of Materials: Global Connections of Early Modern Dyes<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n

This conference is free and open to the public<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

Register to attend <\/b>in-person<\/b><\/a> or via <\/b>Zoom<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Conference attendees should register their vehicle to get access to free parking in Lot 1 Blue: https:\/\/www.offstreet.io\/location\/IB7CPSO8<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

(for a map of UCR parking lots, click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

What kinds of histories do textiles and dyes tell? They represent not just culture, artistic expression, and \u2018beauty\u2019 but also science, technology, labor, and economics. Their histories are entangled in the histories of commerce, slavery, and colonialism, as well as resistance to them. As dyes come from plants and animals in different ecosystems, how did knowledge about processing and using dyes circulate in the early modern period (before 1850)? Can they help us gain insight into Indigenous forms of knowledge, cultural philosophies, histories of religious conversion, and cultural exchange? How do they expand our understanding of the histories of science and technology? When we foreground the materiality of textiles and dyes, what are the distinct cultural contexts that come into view? What are the spatial relationships, environmental conditions, and technological limitations that become important to understand
\n —– —– —–<\/p>\n

Schedule<\/b><\/p>\n

9:00 – 9:30 am – Welcome<\/b><\/p>\n

9:30 – 10:45 am – Keynote by Abou<\/b><\/a>bakar Fofana<\/b>, \u201cIndigo Pasts and Futures in West Africa: A View from Mali\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

10:45 – 11:00 am –<\/b> Coffee Break<\/b><\/p>\n

11:00 am – 12:40 pm –  Session 1<\/b><\/p>\n