Si Wi Yah: Sartorial Representations of the African Diaspora - 04-05th May 2018
The Costume Institute of the African Diaspora’s first dress conference seeks to understand how Diaspora communities came to be visually represented or have developed the agency to represent themselves and establish their identities through clothing and adornment.
This conference brings together researchers from across the globe who are working within the field of African Diaspora studies. The work presented here will look at the myriad of different factors which have affected the way people of African heritage have represented themselves in the world.
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Carol Tulloch and Laduma Ngxokolo
Carol Tulloch is Professor of Dress, Diaspora and Transnationalism at the University of the Arts London, where she is based at Chelsea College of Arts and is a member of TrAIN. She is the Chelsea College of Arts/V&A Fellow in Black Visual and Material Culture at the V&A Museum.
Professor Carol Tulloch
Laduma Ngxokolo is one of Africa’s finest creatives, an innovative fashion designer and cultural icon. He has created a global fashion brand - MAXHOSA BY LADUMA
Maxhosa By Laduma Ngxokolo
Papers on the following themes will be presented: Culture & Spirituality, Self Representation & Resistance, and Identity & Style.
There will also be workshops taking place on Saturday 5th May on:
Defining the Diaspora; Biography of the Headwrap & The Yorùbá Blues - What can we learn from Yorùbá indigo dyed textiles?
For more tickets and further information about the Conference programme
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/si-wi-yah-sartorial-representations-of-the-african-diaspora-tickets-42709850312
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