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The Textile Anthropologist, Michael Kilman
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Reflections on textiles, ecology, sustainability, and culture.

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Intro to Textile Anthropology: Module 1

Welcome to Intro to Textile Anthropology Mini-Course! Let’s talk about what textile anthropology actually is, and why we find textiles so interesting.

Welcome to the Introduction to Textile Anthropology Mini-Course!

18 days ago
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Textile Talk with House of Noorie Founder Prerana Choudhury

I recently had a great conversation with Prerana, founder of House of Noorie, about traditional textiles in Assam, India—and about a question that becomes increasingly complicated the longer you sit with it: What does it actually mean to pr...

24 days ago
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Building Worlds: View the Live-streamed Ask an Anthropologist Episode

We discussed textiles ecologies, and how to translate this knowledge into fictional worlds

On August 18th I was a guest on the Ask an Anthropologist About Worldbuilding podcast, hosted by Michael Kilman on YouTube. Michael is an anthropolo...

a month ago
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Intro to Textile Anthropology Mini-Course: FAQs

You’ve got questions: here are the answers!

Last week I announced the new mini-course I’ve been developing for my paid subscribers, Introduction to Textile Anthropology. The course will unfold here on Substack, with one module released eac...

a month ago
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Introduction to Textile Anthropology: An exclusive mini-course for paid subscribers to the Thread

The first lesson is launching in September- here’s everything you need to know

What if you could learn to look at a piece of cloth and see more than its pattern, fiber content, or the technique used to make it?

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