Väriprojekti esillä konferenssissa Leidenissa
Tutkimusryhmämme jäsenet Merja Uotila ja Susanna Niiranen matkustavat tällä viikolla Hollantiin kansainväliseen European Social Science History -konferenssiin (ESSHC) , joka järjestetään Leidenissa 26.–29.3. Esitelmän ”Controlled Colours. Reinterpretations of Socio-Culturally Controlled Dyes and Clothing in Early Modern Southern and Northern Europe” abstraktin pääsee lukemaan alta, ja itse esitys on osa torstain 27.3. Cultural Traditions and Materiality -sessiota. Abstrakti: The production, trade and use of dyed textiles were regulated in many ways in early modern societies: professional dyers and traders were controlled by regulations, while clothes and use of dyed textiles were governed by juridical and cultural norms and the symbolic meanings attached to specific colours. Through the (natural) dyes used in clothing, we can delve into the pre- and early modern social order in which colours and the meanings they carried were intrinsically linked. The social order was maintained, co...
