Textile Traditions | Future Fabrications is an international research project being undertaken by Katherine Townsend, Anna Piper and Luciana Jabur, in collaboration with A Rum Fellow, Cojolya, Kakaw Designs, Mercado Global and Multicolores, and supported by the Global Challenges Research Fund (UKRI).
Professor Katherine Townsend | Nottingham Trent University
Katherine Townsend (Ph.D.) is Professor of Fashion and Textile Practice at Nottingham Trent University where she leads the Digital Craft and Embodied Knowledge group in the Centre for Fashion and Textile Research. Katherine’s research (and Ph.D. supervision) encompasses sustainable fashion and textile design, cultural heritage, social innovation. Current projects focus on the impact of the pandemic on Guatemalan textile artisans, supported by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and ‘Redesigning Reusable PPE Gowns’ in response healthcare workers experiences of treating patients with Covid-19 (AHRC VO15842/1). She is co-editor of the journal of Craft Research (Intellect, 2008-current) and lead editor of Crafting Anatomies: Archives, Dialogues, Fabrications (Bloomsbury, 2020).
Profile | Publications | Craft Research Email: Katherine.Townsend@ntu.ac.uk
Dr Anna Piper | Sheffield Hallam University
Anna Piper (Ph.D.) is a textile designer (specialising in weaving) and Senior Lecturer in Fashion Management and Communication at Sheffield Hallam University (U.K.). Anna recently completed her practice-led Ph.D Material Relationships: The textile and the garment, the maker and the machine (2019), a Nottingham Trent University (U.K.) Vice Chancellor Funded Studentship, investigating 3D/composite garment and pattern weaving integrating hand and digital jacquard technologies. Her research interests include zero-waste design, social and sustainable textile innovation, embodied knowledge and digital craft. Anna has published outcomes in the Journal of Textile Design and Research Practice, Craft Research and the Design Research Society, and has co-edited Soft Landing of Fashion and Textile Education (Cumulus Think Tank Series, 2018).
Anna Piper Design | Ph.D Thesis Email: A.Piper@shu.ac.uk
Luciana Jabur | Independent Researcher
Luciana Jabur is a U.S.-based independent researcher. Born and raised in Brazil, Luciana studied for her MA in Marketing and Communication at the University of Arts London (U.K.), and has lived and worked in multiple South and Central American countries, including Guatemala. She worked as an affiliated researcher of the Development Through Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, and Design Lab for the Artisan Sector, led by Parsons School of Design (U.S.). She started (Hand)Made to Market, a platform that aims to grow as a directory of sources and links to other artisan-related research, websites, NGOs, contributing to publishing the efforts of the artisan sector as a whole. Luciana currently serves on the Board of Directors of Friends of the Ixchel Museum.
(Hand)Made to Market | Parsons DEED Lab | Friends of the Ixchel Museum Email: luciana_jabur@icloud.com